Megaloolithus walpurensis Khosla and Sahni 1995 (titanosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Titanosauridae

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 R. S. Loyal et al. 1996

See also Khosla and Sahni 1995 and Mohabey 2005

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

Type specimen: VPL/KH 590, an egg. Its type locality is Walpur, Jhabua, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lameta Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Walpur, Jhabua

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