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Megaloolithus megadermus

Osteichthyes - Megaloolithidae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus megadermus was named by Mohabey (1998). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is OGF-85, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dholidhanti, Dohad, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Megaloolithus megadermus Mohabey pp. 353-357 figs. 7A-G
2001Megaloolithus megadermus Mohabey p. 496
2003Megaloolithus megadermus Khosla and Sahni p. 900
2003Megaloolithus megadermus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 583
2005Megaloolithus megadermus Mohabey p. 472
2006Megaloolithus megadermus Simón p. 523
2012Megaloolithus megadermus Prasad p. 606
2013Megaloolithus megadermus Fernández p. 93
2015Megaloolithus megadermus Fernández and Khosla p. 166
2015Megaloolithus megadermus Srivastava and Mankar p. 460
2016Megaloolithus megadermus Fernández p. 93
2017Megaloolithus megadermus Lakra and Aglawe p. 50
2019Megaloolithus megadermus Vyas p. 13
2021Megaloolithus megadermus Khosla p. 1438
2023Megaloolithus megadermus Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Megaloolithus megadermus Khosla and Lucas p. 728

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Sauropoda()
familyMegaloolithidae
genusMegaloolithus
speciesmegadermus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Megaloolithus megadermus Mohabey 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available