Temple Hill, Rahioli (ls) (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.1° N, 73.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 57.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lameta Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• level above sandstone with Rajasaurus; two sub-levels within it

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, quartzose, sandy limestone and calcareous sandstone

• "calcareous sandstone to siliceous limestone at times with stray feldspar fragment, quartz and chert." "The eggs occur in the limestone which overlies a prolific dinosaur bone bearing sandstone. In the upper part, the limestone is streaky and contains a greater percentage of sub-angular to angular clasts of quartz grains."

•"a fine-grained arenaceous limestone (calcrete)" (Wilson et al., 2019)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. Srivastava in 1982-1984

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: D. M. Mohabey. 1984. Pathologic dinosaurian eggshells from Kheda district, Gujarat. Current Science 53(13):701-703 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61496: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
"Megaloolithus rahioliensis n. sp." = Megaloolithus cylindricus
"Megaloolithus rahioliensis n. sp." = Megaloolithus cylindricus Khosla and Sahni 1995 titanosaurid
clutches; 147/CRP/96