Species
Formal taxon Extinct

Megaloolithus aureliensis

Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
18
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Megaloolithidae Family
Megaloolithus Genus
Megaloolithus aureliensis Species
Fossil sites 18 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
12
🇪🇸 Spain
6
Geological formations
Argiles et Grès à Reptiles
3
Figuerola
2
Grès à Reptiles
1
Arén
1
Grey Garumnian
1
La Maçana
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
13
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
5
Bibliography
Original description
M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, and O. Buscail, C. Montgelard. 1994. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Bibliography (9)
R. Vullo, G. Garcia, and P. Godefroit, A. Cincotta, X. Valentin. 2018. Mistralazhdarcho maggii, gen. et sp. nov., A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Southeastern France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(4):1-16 DOI ↗
A. G. Sellés and B. Vila. 2015. Re-evaluation of the age of some dinosaur localities from the southern Pyrenees by means of megaloolithid oospecies. Journal of Iberian Geology 41(1):125-139 DOI ↗
A. G. Sellés, A. M. Bravo, and X. Delclòs, F. Colombo, X. Martí, J. Ortega-Blanco, C. Parellada, À. Galobart. 2013. Dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous of the Coll de Nargó area, Lleida Province, south-central Pyrenees, Spain: Oodiversity, biostratigraphy and their implications. Cretaceous Research 40(1):10-20 DOI ↗
N. López-Martínez. 2000. Eggshell sites from the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition in south-central Pyrenees (Spain). First International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Extended Abstracts
G. Garcia, M. Pincema, and M. Vianey-Liaud, B. Marandat, E. Lorenz, G. Cheylan, H. Cappetta, J. Michaux, J. Sudre. 1999. Découverte du premier squelette presque complet de Rhabdodon priscus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) du Maastrichtien inférieur de Provence [Discovery of the first nearly complete skeleton of Rhabdodon priscus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Early Maastrichtian of Provence (southern France)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 328:415-421 DOI ↗
G. Garcia. 1998. Les coquilles d'oeufs de dinosaures du Crétacé supérieur du Sud de la France: Diversité, paléobiologie, biochronologie et paléoenvironnements. 1
M. Vianey-Liaud and N. López-Martínez. 1997. Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from the Tremp basin, southern Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain. Journal of Paleontology 71(6):1157-1171 DOI ↗
M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, and O. Buscail, C. Montgelard. 1994. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
M. Vianey-Liaud and J.-Y. Crochet. 1994. Dinosaur eggshells from the Late Cretaceous of Laeguedoc (southern France). Dinosaurs and Other Fossil Reptiles of Europe, Second Georges Cuvier Symposium. Revue de Paléobiologie Volume spécial 7:237-149