Brohisaurus
| Brohisaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | † Titanosauriformes
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| Genus: | †Brohisaurus Malkani, 2003 |
| Species: | †B. kirthari
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| Binomial name | |
| †Brohisaurus kirthari Malkani, 2003
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Brohisaurus is a
. The type species is B. kirthari.Discovery and naming
The holotype, MSM-86-K to 94-K, 96-K to 98-K, 101-K to 105-K, consisting of largely indeterminate fragments of some ribs, vertebrae, and limb bones, were discovered in the Sembar Formation and were named and described by Muhammad Sadiq Malkani in 2003,[1] making Brohisaurus the only valid genus of dinosaur known from Pakistan to date, although other informal genera are known.
The genus name means "Baluchi lizard" and refers to the
Baluchi people who live in the area where it was found. The species name refers to the Kirthar Mountains
.
Description
Baluchisaurus, like all sauropod dinosaurs, would have been a large-bodied, long-necked herbivore. Its femur was only 12 cm across.[1] The 15 to 20 meter long titanosauriform Phuwiangosaurus, by contrast, had a femur 20 cm in diameter.[2]
Classification
Brohisaurus was originally described as a
Titanosauriformes
: pneumatic cavities in its thoracic ribs and femora with elliptical cross sections.
References
- ^ a b c Malkani, M. S. (2003). "First Jurassic dinosaur fossils found from Kirthar range, Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan" (PDF). Geological Bulletin of the University of Peshawar. 36: 73–83.
- ^ Martin, V.; Suteethorn, V.; Buffetaut, E. (1999). "Description of the type and referred material of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae Martin, Buffetaut and Suteethorn, 1994, a sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand". Oryctos. 2: 39–91.
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