Reptilia - Saurischia - Titanosauridae
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, Fernández 2013, Garcia et al. 2006, Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001, Moratalla 1998, Sellés et al. 2013, Simón 2006, Suñer et al. 2008, Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003, Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus maghrebiensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus walpurensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Clos-La-Neuve (CLN), which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone/marl in France
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (12 collections), Spain (6)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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