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Pakisauridae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian
Pakisaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Pakisauridae
Malkani, 2004a
Species

The Pakisauridae is a dubious family of sauropod dinosaurs that lived during the Maastrichtian in Pakistan and contained the genera Pakisaurus, Khetranisaurus and Sulaimanisaurus. There is much debate in the scientific community about the validity of the family, as it might be a synonym for the famous Titanosauridae.

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