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Megaloolithus siruguei

Reptilia - Titanosauridae

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
YearName and author
1994Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud and Crochet p. 238
1994Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 162
1995Megaloolithus siruguei Khosla and Sahni p. 90
1997Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1167
1998Megaloolithus siruguei Moratalla p. 28
2001Megaloolithus siruguei Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2002Megaloolithus siruguei Cousin p. 51
2003Megaloolithus siruguei Garcia et al. p. 62
2003Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2005Megaloolithus siruguei Bravo et al. p. 54
2005Megaloolithus siruguei Grigorescu p. 197
2006Megaloolithus siruguei Escuer et al. p. 17R
2006Megaloolithus siruguei Garcia et al. p. 100 fig. 3
2006Megaloolithus siruguei Vila et al. p. 20R
2008Megaloolithus siruguei Grigorescu and Csiki p. 115
2008Megaloolithus siruguei Suñer et al. p. 411
2010Megaloolithus siruguei Dalla Vecchia p. 25
2010Megaloolithus siruguei Grigorescu p. 92
2010Megaloolithus siruguei Vila et al. p. 82
2011Megaloolithus siruguei Vila et al. p. 382–383
2011Megaloolithus siruguei Vila et al. p. 152
2012Megaloolithus siruguei Díez Díaz et al. p. 627
2012Megaloolithus siruguei Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 44
2013Megaloolithus siruguei Sellés et al. p. 15
2013Megaloolithus siruguei Sellés and Vila p. 123
2015Megaloolithus siruguei García et al. p. 31
2015Megaloolithus siruguei Sellés and Vila p. 137
2015Megaloolithus siruguei Varricchio et al. p. 4
2016Megaloolithus siruguei Fernández p. 94
2016Megaloolithus siruguei Moreno-Azanza et al. p. 5
2016Megaloolithus siruguei Sellés and Galobart p. 584
2018Megaloolithus siruguei Aglawe and Lakra p. 195

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
familyTitanosauridae
—Megaloolithidae()
genusMegaloolithus
speciessiruguei

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. G. Sellés and B. Vila 2015Megaloolithus 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
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Megaloolithus siruguei (61621)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) Megaloolithus siruguei (228840 228842)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (61620)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Cataluña) Megaloolithus siruguei (169297)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Bouches-du-Rhône) Megaloolithus siruguei (138412)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Megaloolithus siruguei (59264 59266)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Megaloolithus siruguei (132354)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Dinosauria indet. (113012)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Megaloolithus siruguei (65390 65393)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Dinosauria indet. (68470)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France Megaloolithus siruguei (61622)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Hérault) Megaloolithus siruguei (53834)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Dinosauria indet. (53479) Megaloolithus siruguei (61623)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Hérault) Megaloolithus siruguei (65391)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (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 Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (65348) Hypselosaurus sp. (type locality: 65389)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Megaloolithus mammilare (38893)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Dinosauria indet. (53481)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (35933)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Megaloolithus siruguei (26369)