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 et al. 2013
See also Bravo et al. 2005, Garcia and Vianey-Liaud 2001, Llompart 2006, Moratalla 1998, Suñer et al. 2008, Vianey-Liaud and Crochet 1994, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003, Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus maghrebiensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus walpurensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Roquehautes-Grand Creux D (RHG-D), which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain claystone/claystone in the Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation of France
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (10 collections), Spain (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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