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Megaloolithus

Reptilia - Titanosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Megaloolithus Mikhailov p. 216ff
1994Megaloolithus Vianey-Liaud and Crochet p. 238
1994Megaloolithus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 162
1995Megaloolithus Khosla and Sahni p. 89
1997Megaloolithus Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1160
1998Megaloolithus Mohabey p. 349
1998Megaloolithus Moratalla p. 28
2000Megaloolithus Garcia p. 114
2001Megaloolithus Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2001Megaloolithus Mohabey p. 495
2002Megaloolithus Cousin p. 49
2003Megaloolithus Garcia et al. p. 62
2003Megaloolithus Vianey-Liaud and Garcia p. 185
2004Megaloolithus Zelenitsky and Currie p. 134A
2005Megaloolithus Mohabey p. 475
2006Megaloolithus Garcia et al. p. 100
2006Megaloolithus Simón p. 523
2008Megaloolithus Suñer et al. p. 411
2011Megaloolithus Vila et al. p. 381
2012Megaloolithus Prasad p. 606
2013Megaloolithus Fernández p. 90
2013Megaloolithus Sellés et al. p. 14
2015Megaloolithus Fernández and Khosla p. 161
2015Megaloolithus Sellés and Vila p. 137
2015Megaloolithus Srivastava and Mankar p. 458–459
2016Megaloolithus Fernández p. 92
2017Megaloolithus Lakra and Aglawe p. 51
2018Megaloolithus Aglawe and Lakra p. 193

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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

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.

G. †Megaloolithus Mikhailov 1991
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†Megaloolithus aureliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
†Megaloolithus cylindricus Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Invalid names: Megaloolithus rahioliensis Mohabey 1998 [synonym]
†Megaloolithus jabalpurensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
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Invalid names: Megaloolithus matleyi Mohabey 1996 [synonym], Megaloolithus patagonicus Calvo et al. 1997 [synonym]
†Megaloolithus maghrebiensis Garcia et al. 2003
†Megaloolithus mamillare Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
†Megaloolithus megadermus Mohabey 1998
†Megaloolithus microtuberculata Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001
†Megaloolithus petralta Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
†Megaloolithus siruguei Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
†Megaloolithus walpurensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Vianey-Liaud and G. Garcia 2003as for the family, and generally fan-shaped units, with prominent nodes on the outer surfaces.
A. K. Srivastava and R. S. Mankar 2015Dinosauroid-spherulithic basic type; tubospherulithic morphotype; tubocanaliculate pore system compactituberculate ornamentation. Spherical to sub- spherical eggs ranging from 120 to 200mm having eggshell thickness of 1.5-3.0mm.
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 Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 171.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (143 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7France (Occitanie) M. sp. (58416)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Spain (Zaragoza) M. sp. 2, Megaloolithidae indet. (61330)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France (Nord-Pas de Calais) M. petralta (113832)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Argentina (Neuquén) M. patagonicus (61666)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France M. mamillare, M. siruguei (61621)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) M. microtuberculata (61619)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) M. siruguei (228840 228842)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (61620)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Argentina (Neuquén) M. patagonicus (22637 61454 61455 61456 61457)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) M. aureliensis (65392 220134)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Cataluña) M. siruguei (169297)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Bouches-du-Rhône) M. siruguei (138412)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) M. aureliensis (59267) M. siruguei (59264 59266)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Dinosauria indet. (113012)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Aude) M. aureliensis (138645)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) M. siruguei (132354)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) M. sp. (48870)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Megaloolithidae indet. (95694 96097 96098 96105 96107 96108)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Dinosauria indet. (68470)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) M. megadermus (68627) M. sp. (68625) Spheroolithus sp. (68624) Titanosauridae indet. (49659)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Occitanie) M. aureliensis, M. petralta (226213)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Megaloolithidae indet. (57179) M. cylindricus (229045) M. cylindricus, M. jabalpurensis (61618 219352 219358 229046) M. cylindricus, M. jabalpurensis, M. dhoridungriensis (229047 229049) M. cylindricus, M. megadermus (219357) M. cylindricus, M. walpurensis, M. megadermus (61668) M. jabalpurensis (68168) M. matleyi, Sauropoda indet. (58810) M. sp. (224188) Sauropoda indet. (61494)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Morocco (Fes-Boulmane) M. sp. (206441)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Dinosauria indet. (61496) Megaloolithidae indet. (61495 61501) M. cylindricus, Sauropoda indet. (61497) M. khempurensis (61498) M. megadermus (61583 68622 68626) M. sp., M. dhoridungriensis (61499) M. sp., M. megadermus (68156) Sauropoda indet. (61581 61582) Titanosauridae indet. I (61500)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France M. mamillare, M. siruguei (61622)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Hérault) M. siruguei, M. aureliensis (53834)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) M. siruguei (65390 65393)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) M. sp. (183089)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Tamil Nadu) Titanosauridae indet. (68169)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) M. aureliensis, M. petralta (65396) M. petralta (65397 138646) M. petralta, Dinosauria indet. (35931) M. sp., M. aureliensis, M. petralta (65398)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Dinosauria indet. (65348) Hypselosaurus sp., Hypselosaurus sp. (65389) M. mamillare (47893)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Dinosauria indet. (53479) M. aureliensis (68875) M. petralta, M. aureliensis (70285) M. siruguei (61623)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Dinosauria indet. (168409 168411 168412) M. aureliensis (183156) M. aureliensis, M. petralta (183163) M. mamillare (74527 74528 74529 169513 169870 183189 183193) M. mamillare, M. siruguei (169871) M. siruguei (13331 164927 168413 169280 169281 169512 169514 169872 169874 169876 183159 183190 183191 183192 183194 183195 183197 183198 183199 183200 226200) M. siruguei, Dinosauria indet. (74526) M. siruguei, M. aureliensis (115193 183157) M. sp. (60474 171103 171111 183196)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Hérault) M. siruguei, M. aureliensis (65391)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) M. aureliensis (158281)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) M. siruguei (26369)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Dinosauria indet. (53481)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Fes-Boulmane) M. maghrebiensis (206442)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) M. mammilare (61624) M. sp., M. mammilare (178881) M. sp., M. petralta, M. mammilare (65382)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) M. petralta, Dinosauria indet. (35933) M. sp., Hypselosaurus priscus (59780)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) M. aureliensis, M. petralta (36725) M. mamillare (36381 61380 169875 183093 226202) M. mammilare (38893) M. sp. (167946 171123)