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Megaloolithus petralta

Reptilia - Titanosauridae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus petralta was named by Vianey-Liaud et al. (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Roquehautes-Grand Creux D (RHG-D), which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain claystone/claystone in the Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud and Crochet p. 238
1994Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 168
1997Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1160
1998Megaloolithus petralta Moratalla p. 31
2001Megaloolithus petralta Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2003Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2005Megaloolithus petralta Bravo et al. p. 55
2006Megaloolithus petralta Llompart p. 11
2008Megaloolithus petralta Suñer et al. p. 411
2013Megaloolithus petralta Sellés et al. p. 15

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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
speciespetralta

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 petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France (Nord-Pas de Calais) Megaloolithus petralta (113832)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Occitanie) Megaloolithus petralta (226213)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Megaloolithus petralta (70285)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Megaloolithus petralta (35931 65396 65397 type locality: 65398 138646)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Megaloolithus petralta (183163)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Megaloolithus petralta (65382)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Megaloolithus petralta (36725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Megaloolithus petralta (35933)