Alternative combination: Megaloolithus baghensis
Synonyms: Megaloolithus balasinorensis Mohabey 1998, Megaloolithus balsinorensis Mohabey 1998, Megaloolithus pseudomamillare Vianey-Liaud et al. 1997, Megaloolithus pseudomammilare Vianey-Liaud et al. 1997, Megaloolithus trempii Moratalla 1998, Patagoolithus salitralensis Simón 2006
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 Fusioolithus according to M. S. Fernández 2016
See also Aglawe and Lakra 2018, Bravo et al. 2005, Chassagne-Manoukian et al. 2013, Cousin 2002, Dhiman et al. 2023, Fernández 2013, Fernández and Khosla 2015, Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2003, Grellet-Tinner and Zaher 2007, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Lucas 2023, Khosla and Sahni 1995, Khosla and Sahni 2003, Lakra and Aglawe 2017, Loyal et al. 1996, Mohabey 1998, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2005, Moratalla 1998, Prasad 2012, Sellés et al. 2013, Sellés and Vila 2013, Sellés et al. 2014, Sellés and Vila 2015, Simón 2006, Suñer et al. 2008, Vianey-Liaud and Garcia 2003, Vianey-Liaud et al. 1997, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003 and Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997
Sister taxa: Fusioolithus berthei, Fusioolithus dholiyaensis, Fusioolithus mohabeyi, Fusioolithus padiyalensis
Type specimens:
- Fusioolithus baghensis: VPL/KH 551, an egg. Its type locality is Bagh Caves, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial limestone in the Lameta Formation of India.
- Megaloolithus balasinorensis: FEB-331, an egg. Its type locality is Balasinor Quarry, Kheda, which is in a Maastrichtian peritidal limestone/claystone in the Lameta Formation of India.
- Megaloolithus pseudomamillare: LBR-3A, an egg (eggshell fragment and thin section). Its type locality is Les Bréguières (LBR), which is in a Maastrichtian channel claystone/sandstone in France.
- Megaloolithus trempii: LLB-H/1, an egg. Its type locality is Llabusta (Vilamitjana), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in Spain.
- Patagoolithus salitralensis: MUCPv - 296/1, an egg. Its type locality is Salitral Moreno (NH1), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/sandstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.
Distribution:
• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (6), France (2), India (14), Peru (2), Spain (17)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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