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Fusioolithus mohabeyi

Reptilia - Fusioolithidae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus mohabeyi was named by Khosla and Sahni (1995). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is VPL/KH 233, an egg, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Dholiya, Dhar, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

It was recombined as Fusioolithus mohabeyi by Khosla (2021), Khosla and Lucas (2023) and Dhiman et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Megaloolithus mohabeyi Khosla and Sahni p. 91 figs. 5; Pl. 1:8
1996Megaloolithus mohabeyi Loyal et al. p. 631
1998Megaloolithus phensaniensis Mohabey p. 349
2001Megaloolithus phensaniensis Mohabey p. 496
2002Megaloolithus phensaniensis Cousin p. 49
2003Megaloolithus mohabeyi Garcia et al. p. 63
2003Megaloolithus mohabeyi Khosla and Sahni p. 900
2003Megaloolithus mohabeyi Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 581
2005Megaloolithus phensaniensis Mohabey p. 474 fig. 21.3
2012Megaloolithus mohabeyi Prasad p. 606
2013Megaloolithus phensaniensis Chassagne-Manoukian et al. p. 376
2015Megaloolithus mohabeyi Fernández and Khosla p. 176
2017Megaloolithus mohabeyi Lakra and Aglawe p. 50
2018Megaloolithus phensaniensis Aglawe and Lakra p. 195
2021Fusioolithus mohabeyi Khosla p. 1438
2023Fusioolithus mohabeyi Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Fusioolithus mohabeyi Khosla and Lucas p. 728

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
familyFusioolithidae
genusFusioolithus
speciesmohabeyi()

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.

†Fusioolithus mohabeyi Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Invalid names: Megaloolithus phensaniensis Mohabey 1998 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Fusioolithus mohabeyi (229046 229049) Megaloolithus mohabeyi (type locality: 61618)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Megaloolithus phensaniensis (61495 61500 61501 68626) Sauropoda indet. (61502)