Where: Gujarat, India (23.1° N, 73.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 57.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lameta Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• level above sandstone with Rajasaurus; two sub-levels within it
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, quartzose, sandy limestone and calcareous sandstone
•"a fine-grained arenaceous limestone (calcrete)" (Wilson et al., 2019)
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by S. Srivastava in 1982-1984
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: D. M. Mohabey. 1984. Pathologic dinosaurian eggshells from Kheda district, Gujarat. Current Science 53(13):701-703 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61496: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Megaloolithus rahioliensis n. sp." = Megaloolithus cylindricus
"Megaloolithus rahioliensis n. sp." = Megaloolithus cylindricus Khosla and Sahni 1995 titanosaurid clutches; 147/CRP/96
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