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Megaloolithus microtuberculata

Reptilia - Titanosauridae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus microtuberculata was named by Garcia and Vianey-Liaud (2001). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is LCA-I-5, an egg, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Cairanne (LCA), which is in a Campanian channel marl in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Megaloolithus microtuberculata Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2003Megaloolithus microtuberculata Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2005Megaloolithus microtuberculata Bravo et al. p. 55
2013Megaloolithus microtuberculata Sellés et al. p. 15
2015Megaloolithus microtuberculata Sellés and Vila p. 138
2018Megaloolithus microtuberculata 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
speciesmicrotuberculata

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 microtuberculata Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001
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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: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Megaloolithus microtuberculata (type locality: 61619)