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Megaloolithus khempurensis

Reptilia - Titanosauridae

Taxonomy
Megaloolithus khempurensis was named by Mohabey (1998). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is OGF/K-1 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Khempur, Kheda, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial limestone/sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Megaloolithus khempurensis Mohabey p. 351
2001Megaloolithus khempurensis Mohabey p. 496
2003Megaloolithus khempurensis Khosla and Sahni p. 900
2003Megaloolithus khempurensis Vianey-Liaud et al. pp. 582-583
2005Megaloolithus khempurensis Mohabey p. 473
2012Megaloolithus khempurensis Prasad p. 606
2015Megaloolithus khempurensis Fernández and Khosla p. 176
2015Megaloolithus khempuensis Srivastava and Mankar p. 460
2017Megaloolithus khempurensis Lakra and Aglawe p. 50
2018Megaloolithus khempurensis Aglawe and Lakra p. 195
2023Megaloolithus khempurensis Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Megaloolithus khempurensis Khosla and Lucas p. 728

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
familyTitanosauridae
—Megaloolithidae()
genusMegaloolithus
specieskhempurensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Megaloolithus khempurensis (61498) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 61497)