Classification
Dinosauria
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Saurischia
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Sauropodomorpha
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Massopoda
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Sauropodiformes
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Sauropoda
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Megaloolithidae
Famille
Sites de découverte 211 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
179
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
25
Coniacien
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
2
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
2
Berriasien
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Tithonien
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Bathonien
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Bibliographie
Description originale
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G. Garcia, L. Marivaux, and T. Pélissié, M. Vianey-Liaud. 2006. Earliest Laurasian sauropod eggshells. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(1):99-104
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C. M. Magalhâes Ribeiro. 2002. Ovo e fragmentos de cascas de ovos de dinossauros, provenientes da região de Peirópolis, Uberaba, Minas Gerais [Dinosaur eggs and eggshell fragments, from the area of Peirópolis, Iberaba, Minas Gerais]. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 60(3):223-228
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D. M. Mohabey. 1996. A new oospecies, Megaloolithus matleyi, from the Lameta Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, India, and general remarks on the palaeoenvironment and nesting behaviour of dinosaurs. Cretaceous Research 17:183-196
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