Khanazeem
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Khanazeem
DV-1179 · type species Khanazeem saraikistani
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Pakisauridae
- Found in
- Pakistan
- Named by
- Malkani 2022
Field notes
About Khanazeem
Khanazeem was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Pakisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Khanazeem, from Pakistan. Its fossils come from the Vitakri Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Pakisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology DatabaseNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2023. A glance on the mineral deposits and stratigraphic sequential variations and structures in different sections of Indus Basin (Pakistan): new titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology 13(10):1069-1138