Reptilia - Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Alternative combination: Megaloolithus jabulpurensis
Synonyms: Megaloolithus matleyi Mohabey 1996, Megaloolithus patagonicus Calvo et al. 1997
Full reference: A. Khosla and A. Sahni. 1995. Parataxonomic classification of Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 40:87-102
Belongs to Megaloolithus according to M. S. Fernández 2016
See also Aglawe and Lakra 2018, Calvo et al. 1997, Chiappe et al. 2003, Coria et al. 2010, Cousin 2002, Dhiman et al. 2023, Fernández 2013, Fernández and Khosla 2015, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2003, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2012, Grellet-Tinner and Zaher 2007, Hechenleitner et al. 2015, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Lucas 2023, Khosla and Sahni 1995, Khosla and Sahni 2003, Lakra and Aglawe 2017, Loyal et al. 1996, Mohabey 1996, Mohabey 1996, Mohabey 1998, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2005, Mohabey and Udhoji 1996, Prasad 2012, Sellés and Galobart 2016, Sellés and Vila 2015, Simón 2006, Srivastava et al. 2015, Varricchio et al. 2015 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus maghrebiensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus walpurensis
Type specimens:
- Megaloolithus jabalpurensis: VPL/KH 250, an egg. Its type locality is Bara Simla, Jabalpur [Main Limestone], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial framestone in the Lameta Formation of India.
- Megaloolithus matleyi: 123-125/CR/P/89. Its type locality is Pavna nest site, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone/claystone in the Lameta Formation of India.
- Megaloolithus patagonicus: MUCPv-234, 245, 246, 247, an egg. Its type locality is Gran Neuquén, Neuquén city, which is in a Santonian/Campanian wet floodplain siltstone/sandstone in Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (9 collections), India (10)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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