Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis Mohabey 1998 (titanosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Titanosauridae

Full reference: D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362

Belongs to Megaloolithus according to A. Khosla and S. G. Lucas 2023

See also Aglawe and Lakra 2018, Dhiman et al. 2023, Fernández and Khosla 2015, Hechenleitner et al. 2015, Khosla and Sahni 2003, Lakra and Aglawe 2017, Mohabey 1998, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2005, Prasad 2012, Sellés and Galobart 2016, Sellés and Vila 2015, Srivastava and Mankar 2015 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus maghrebiensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus walpurensis

Type specimen: OGF/121. Its type locality is Dholi Dungri, which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of India (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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