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Megaloolithus cylindricus

Osteichthyes - Titanosauridae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus cylindricus was named by Khosla and Sahni (1995). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is VPL/KH 201, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chui Hill, Jabalpur [Lower Limestone], which is in a Maastrichtian delta plain limestone in the Lameta Formation of India.

It was synonymized subjectively with Megaloolithus khempurensis by Mohabey (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Megaloolithus cylindricus Khosla and Sahni pp. 89-90 figs. 1-6
1996Megaloolithus cylindricus Loyal et al. p. 630
1998Megaloolithus rahioliensis Mohabey p. 349
2001Megaloolithus rahioliensis Mohabey p. 496
2002Megaloolithus cylindricus Cousin p. 49
2003Megaloolithus cylindricus Khosla and Sahni p. 900
2003Megaloolithus cylindricus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 580
2005Megaloolithus rahioliensis Mohabey p. 475
2012Megaloolithus cylindricus Prasad p. 606
2015Megaloolithus cylindricus Fernández and Khosla p. 162
2015Megaloolithus rahioliensis Srivastava and Mankar p. 460
2015Megaloolithus rahioliensis Varricchio et al. p. 4
2015Megaloolithus cylindricus Verma p. 59
2016Megaloolithus cylindricus Fernández p. 92
2017Megaloolithus cylindricus Lakra and Aglawe p. 50
2018Megaloolithus cylindricus Aglawe and Lakra p. 193
2018Megaloolithus rahioliensis Aglawe and Lakra p. 195
2021Megaloolithus cylindricus Khosla p. 1438
2023Megaloolithus cylindricus Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Megaloolithus cylindricus 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()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
familyTitanosauridae
—Megaloolithidae()
genusMegaloolithus
speciescylindricus

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 cylindricus Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Invalid names: Megaloolithus rahioliensis Mohabey 1998 [synonym]
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
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Megaloolithidae indet. (96107 96108)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Tamil Nadu) Titanosauridae indet. (68169)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Megaloolithus cylindricus (61618 61668 219352 219357 219358 229045 229046 229047 229049) Megaloolithus sp. (224188) Sauropoda indet. (58810 type locality: 61494)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Dinosauria indet. (61496) Megaloolithus cylindricus (61497)