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Megaloolithus mamillare

Reptilia - Titanosauridae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus mamillare 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 Le Rousset, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/sandstone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Megaloolithus mamillare Vianey-Liaud and Crochet p. 238
1994Megaloolithus mamillare Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 155
1995Megaloolithus mamillare Khosla and Sahni p. 90
1997Megaloolithus mamillare Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez p. 1167
1998Megaloolithus mammilare Moratalla p. 30
2005Megaloolithus mamillare Bravo et al. p. 55
2006Megaloolithus mamillare Díaz-Molina et al. p. 17R
2006Megaloolithus mamillare Escuer et al. p. 17R
2008Megaloolithus mammillare Suñer et al. p. 411
2011Megaloolithus mamillare Vila et al. p. 383
2011Megaloolithus mamillare Vila et al. p. 152
2013Megaloolithus mamillare Fernández p. 92
2013Megaloolithus mamillare Sellés et al. p. 16
2013Megaloolithus mamillare Sellés and Vila p. 123
2014Megaloolithus mamillare Sellés et al. p. 46
2015Megaloolithus mamillare Fernández and Khosla p. 162
2015Megaloolithus mamillare Sellés and Vila p. 138
2015Megaloolithus mammilare Varricchio et al. p. 4
2016Megaloolithus mamillare Sellés and Galobart p. 584

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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
speciesmamillare

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 mamillare Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. G. Sellés and B. Vila 2015Megaloolithus with short fan-shaped units; thickness in the main part of the eggshells from 1.2 to 2.1 mm; average node diameter about 1 mm; pore diameters range from 75 to 120 pm.
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Megaloolithus mamillare (61621)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France Megaloolithus mamillare (61622)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Dinosauria indet. (74526) Megaloolithus mamillare (74527 74528 169513 169870 169871 183189 183193) Megaloolithus sp. (171111)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Hypselosaurus sp. (65389) Megaloolithus mamillare (47893)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Megaloolithus mamillare (36381 61380 169875 183093 226202) Megaloolithus sp. (171123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Hypselosaurus priscus (type locality: 59780)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Megaloolithus mammilare (61624 65382 178881)