Reptilia - Ornithischia - Cairanoolithidae
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 Cairanoolithus according to A. G. Sellés and À. Galobart 2016
See also Bravo et al. 2005, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Garcia et al. 2006, Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001, Khosla and Sahni 1995, Sellés et al. 2013, Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Sister taxon: Cairanoolithus roussetensis
Type specimen: LCA1-A (lectotype), an egg. Its type locality is La Cairanne (LCA), which is in a Campanian channel marl in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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