Fusioolithus dholiyaensis Khosla and Sahni 1995

Reptilia - Fusioolithidae

Alternative combination: Megaloolithus dholiyaensis

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 Dhiman et al. 2023, Fernández and Khosla 2015, Khosla and Sahni 1995, Khosla and Sahni 2003, Lakra and Aglawe 2017, Loyal et al. 1996, Mohabey 2005, Prasad 2012, Sellés and Galobart 2016 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Fusioolithus baghensis, Fusioolithus berthei, Fusioolithus mohabeyi, Fusioolithus padiyalensis

Type specimen: VPL/KH 451, an egg. Its type locality is Dholiya, Dhar, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Distribution: found only at Dholiya, Dhar

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