Pakisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0549Vitakri Fm., Pakistan

Pakisaurus

DV-0549

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Pakisauridae
Found in
Pakistan and India
Named by
Malkani 2004

Field notes

About Pakisaurus

Pakisaurus 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 10 finds of Pakisaurus, from Pakistan and India. Its fossils come from rocks including the Vitakri Formation and the Lameta Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2004.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

10 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Pakisauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2004. Saurischian dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous of Pakistan. In S. S. Hussain & H. D. Akbar (eds.), 5th Pakistan Geological Congress, Islamabad. National Geological Society of Pakistan, Pakistan Museum of Natural History (Pakistan Science Foundation)