Reptilia - Saurischia - Megaloolithidae
Alternative combinations: Megaloolithus mammilare, Megaloolithus mammillare
Full reference: M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, O. Buscail and C. Montgelard. 1994. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 151-183
Belongs to Megaloolithus according to A. G. Sellés and B. Vila 2015
See also Bravo et al. 2005, Díaz-Molina et al. 2006, Escuer et al. 2006, Fernández 2013, Fernández and Khosla 2015, Khosla and Sahni 1995, Mikhailov 1997, Moratalla 1998, Sellés et al. 2013, Sellés and Galobart 2016, Sellés and Vila 2013, Sellés et al. 2014, Suñer et al. 2008, Varricchio et al. 2015, Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994, Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997, Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994, Vila et al. 2011 and Vila et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus maghrebiensis, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus walpurensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Le Rousset, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/sandstone in France
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (8 collections), Spain (15)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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