Megaloolithus maghrebiensis Garcia et al. 2003 (titanosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Titanosauridae

Full reference: G. Garcia, R. Tabuce, H. Cappetta, B. Marandat, I. Bentaleb, A. Benabdallah, and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2003. First record of dinosaur eggshells and teeth from the north-west African Maastrichtian (Morocco). Palaeovertebrata 32(2–4):59-69

Belongs to Megaloolithus according to G. Garcia et al. 2003

See also Vianey-Liaud and Garcia 2003

Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus walpurensis

Type specimen: ACH2-05, an egg. Its type locality is Achlouj 2 (ACH2), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial mudstone in the Irbzer Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Achlouj 2 (ACH2)

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