Megaloolithus microtuberculata Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001 (titanosaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Titanosauridae

Full reference: G. Garcia and M. Vianey-Liaud. 2001. Nouvelles données sur les coquilles d’œufs de dinosaures Megaloolithidae du Sud de la France : systématique et variabilité intraspécifique. Compte Rendus des Academie des Sciencies de Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 332:185-191

Belongs to Megaloolithus according to V. A. Aglawe and P. Lakra 2018

See also Bravo et al. 2005, Sellés et al. 2013, Sellés and Vila 2015 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003

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

Type specimen: LCA-I-5, an egg. Its type locality is La Cairanne (LCA), which is in a Campanian channel marl in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Cairanne (LCA)

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