Guegoolithus turolensis Amo Sanjuán et al. 2000 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae

Alternative combination: Macroolithus turolensis

Full reference: O. Amo Sanjuán, J. I. Canudo, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2000. First record of elongatoolithid eggshells from the lower Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Europe (Cuesta Corrales 2, Galve Basin, Teruel, Spain). First International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Isona i Conda Dellà, Spain, Extended Abstracts 7-14

Belongs to Guegoolithus according to M. Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014

See also Amo Sanjuán et al. 2000, Canudo et al. 2010, Moreno-Azanza et al. 2014, Moreno-Azanza et al. 2008, Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016 and Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CCR 3-25 (= MPZ 2013/704), an egg. Its type locality is Cuesta Corrales 2, Galve, which is in a Barremian lacustrine claystone in the El Castellar Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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