Reptilia - Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Full reference: M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, O. Buscail and C. Montgelard. 1994. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 151-183
Belongs to Megaloolithus according to A. G. Sellés and B. Vila 2015
See also Aglawe and Lakra 2018, Bravo et al. 2005, Cousin 2002, Dalla Vecchia 2010, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Escuer et al. 2006, Fernández 2016, Garcia et al. 2006, García et al. 2015, Garcia et al. 2003, Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2012, Grigorescu 2005, Grigorescu 2010, Grigorescu and Csiki 2008, Khosla and Sahni 1995, Moratalla 1998, Moreno-Azanza et al. 2016, Sellés et al. 2013, Sellés and Galobart 2016, Sellés and Vila 2013, Suñer et al. 2008, Varricchio et al. 2015, Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003, Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997, Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994, Vila et al. 2006, Vila et al. 2010, Vila et al. 2011 and Vila et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus maghrebiensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus walpurensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is La Bégude (LBE), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in France
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (17 collections), Romania (1), Spain (35)
Total: 53 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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