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Megaloolithus siruguei
Taxonomy
Megaloolithus siruguei was named by Vianey-Liaud et al. (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Bégude (LBE), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in France.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud and Crochet p. 238 |
| 1994 | Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 162 |
| 1995 | Megaloolithus siruguei Khosla and Sahni p. 90 |
| 1997 | Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1167 |
| 1998 | Megaloolithus siruguei Moratalla p. 28 |
| 2001 | Megaloolithus siruguei Garcia and Vianey-Liaud |
| 2002 | Megaloolithus siruguei Cousin p. 51 |
| 2003 | Megaloolithus siruguei Garcia et al. p. 62 |
| 2003 | Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5 |
| 2005 | Megaloolithus siruguei Bravo et al. p. 54 |
| 2005 | Megaloolithus siruguei Grigorescu p. 197 |
| 2006 | Megaloolithus siruguei Escuer et al. p. 17R |
| 2006 | Megaloolithus siruguei Garcia et al. p. 100 fig. 3 |
| 2006 | Megaloolithus siruguei Vila et al. p. 20R |
| 2008 | Megaloolithus siruguei Grigorescu and Csiki p. 115 |
| 2008 | Megaloolithus siruguei Suñer et al. p. 411 |
| 2010 | Megaloolithus siruguei Dalla Vecchia p. 25 |
| 2010 | Megaloolithus siruguei Grigorescu p. 92 |
| 2010 | Megaloolithus siruguei Vila et al. p. 82 |
| 2011 | Megaloolithus siruguei Vila et al. p. 382–383 |
| 2011 | Megaloolithus siruguei Vila et al. p. 152 |
| 2012 | Megaloolithus siruguei Díez Díaz et al. p. 627 |
| 2012 | Megaloolithus siruguei Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 44 |
| 2013 | Megaloolithus siruguei Sellés et al. p. 15 |
| 2013 | Megaloolithus siruguei Sellés and Vila p. 123 |
| 2015 | Megaloolithus siruguei García et al. p. 31 |
| 2015 | Megaloolithus siruguei Sellés and Vila p. 137 |
| 2015 | Megaloolithus siruguei Varricchio et al. p. 4 |
| 2016 | Megaloolithus siruguei Fernández p. 94 |
| 2016 | Megaloolithus siruguei Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 5 |
| 2016 | Megaloolithus siruguei Sellés and Galobart p. 584 |
| 2018 | Megaloolithus siruguei Aglawe and Lakra p. 195 |
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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 siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. G. Sellés and B. Vila 2015 | Megaloolithus with shell units taller than in M. mammilare; thickness range 2.65 to 2.70 mm; pore diameter range 50 to 80 μm; reticulate pore system. |
Measurements
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (53 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campanian | France | Megaloolithus siruguei (61621) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Dinosauria indet. (61620) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Spain (Cataluña) | Megaloolithus siruguei (169297) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | France (Bouches-du-Rhône) | Megaloolithus siruguei (138412) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Megaloolithus siruguei (59264 59266) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Spain (Aragón) | Megaloolithus siruguei (228840 228842) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Megaloolithus siruguei (132354) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Dinosauria indet. (113012) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Dinosauria indet. (53479) Megaloolithus siruguei (61623) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Hérault) | Megaloolithus siruguei (65391) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Dinosauria indet. (168409 168411 168412) Megaloolithus mamillare (74529) Megaloolithus siruguei (13331 74526 115193 164927 168413 169280 169281 169512 169514 169871 169872 169874 169876 183157 183159 183190 183191 183192 183194 183195 183197 183198 183199 183200 226200) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Dinosauria indet. (65348) Hypselosaurus sp. (type locality: 65389) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Dinosauria indet. (53481) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Megaloolithus siruguei (26369) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Megaloolithus mammilare (38893) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) | Dinosauria indet. (35933) | |
| Maastrichtian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Dinosauria indet. (68470) | |
| Maastrichtian | France (Hérault) | Megaloolithus siruguei (53834) | |
| Maastrichtian | France | Megaloolithus siruguei (61622) | |
| Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Megaloolithus siruguei (65390 65393) |