Reptilia - Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Synonym: Megaloolithus rahioliensis Mohabey 1998
Full reference: A. Khosla and A. Sahni. 1995. Parataxonomic classification of Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 40:87-102
Belongs to Megaloolithus according to M. S. Fernández 2016
See also Aglawe and Lakra 2018, Cousin 2002, Dhiman et al. 2023, Fernández and Khosla 2015, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Lucas 2023, Khosla and Sahni 1995, Khosla and Sahni 2003, Lakra and Aglawe 2017, Loyal et al. 1996, Mohabey 1998, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2005, Prasad 2012, Srivastava and Mankar 2015, Varricchio et al. 2015, Verma 2015 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus maghrebiensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus walpurensis
Type specimens:
- Megaloolithus cylindricus: VPL/KH 201, an egg. Its type locality is Chui Hill, Jabalpur [Lower Limestone], which is in a Maastrichtian delta plain limestone in the Lameta Formation of India.
- Megaloolithus rahioliensis: 147/CRP/96, an egg. Its type locality is Temple Hill, Rahioli (ls), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial limestone/sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), India (15)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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