Alternative combination: Megaloolithus mohabeyi
Synonym: Megaloolithus phensaniensis 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 Fusioolithus according to A. Khosla and S. G. Lucas 2023
See also Aglawe and Lakra 2018, Chassagne-Manoukian et al. 2013, Cousin 2002, Dhiman et al. 2023, Fernández and Khosla 2015, Garcia et al. 2003, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Sahni 1995, Khosla and Sahni 2003, Lakra and Aglawe 2017, Loyal et al. 1996, Mohabey 1998, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2005, Prasad 2012 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Fusioolithus baghensis, Fusioolithus berthei, Fusioolithus dholiyaensis, Fusioolithus padiyalensis
Type specimens:
- Fusioolithus mohabeyi: VPL/KH 233, an egg. Its type locality is Dholiya, Dhar, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.
- Megaloolithus phensaniensis: 148/CRP/96. Its type locality is Phensani, Kheda, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lameta Formation of India.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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