Species
Formal taxon Extinct

Megaloolithus cylindricus

Khosla and Sahni 1995

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
17
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 cylindricus Species
Fossil sites 17 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇳 India
15
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Lameta
14
Allen
2
Kallankurichchi
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
17
Synonyms (1)
Megaloolithus rahioliensis subjective synonym of Megaloolithus cylindricus
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (6)
H. Dhiman, V. Verma, and L. R. Singh, V. Miglani, D. K. Jha, P. Sanyal, S. K. Tandon, G. V. R. Prasad. 2023. New Late Cretaceous titanosaur sauropod dinosaur egg clutches from lower Narmada valley, India: palaeobiology and taphonomy. PLoS One 18(1):e0278242:1-40 DOI ↗
V. A. Aglawe and P. Lakra. 2018. Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) dinosaur eggs Megaloolithus cylindricus from Salbardi-Ghorpend area, Betul district, Madhya Pradesh. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 63(2):191-196 DOI ↗
M. S. Fernández and A. Khosla. 2015. Parataxonomic review of the Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells belonging to the oofamily Megaloolithidae from India and Argentina. Historical Biology 27(2):158-180 DOI ↗
O. Verma. 2015. Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: Palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 431:53-67 DOI ↗
D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362 DOI ↗
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