Species
Formal taxon Extinct

Megaloolithus mamillare

Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
23
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 mamillare Species
Fossil sites 23 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
15
🇫🇷 France
8
Geological formations
Lower Red Garumnian
6
Arén
2
Calcaire de Rognac
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
22
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
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 (8)
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 ↗
B. Vila, V. Riera, and A. M. Bravo, O. Oms, E. Vicens, R. Estrada, A. Galobart. 2011. The chronology of dinosaur oospecies in south-western Europe: refinements from the Maastrichtian succession of the eastern Pyrenees. Cretaceous Research 32(3):378-386 DOI ↗
J. Escuer, X. Delclòs, and F. Colombo, A. Bravo, J. Peralba, X. Martí, J. Ortega, R. Miquela, C. Parellada. 2006. General distribution of dinosaur eggshells and clutches in the Upper Cretaceous of Coll de Nargó area (south-central Pyrenees, Spain). III International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs, Babies, and Developmental Biology. Ameghiniana 43(4 (suppl.)):17R
A. M. Bravo, B. Vila, and A. Galobart, O. Oms. 2005. Restos de huevos de dinosaurio en el Cretácico Superior del sinclinal de Vallcebre (Berguedà, provincia de Barcelona) [Remains of dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous of the Vellcebre syncline (Berguedà, Barcelona province)]. Revista Española de Paleontología Num.Ext.10:49-57
R. Tabuce, M. Vianey-Liaud, and G. Garcia. 2004. A eutherian mammal in the latest Cretaceous of Vitrolles, southern France. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):347-356
P. M. Sander, C. Peitz, and J. Gallemi, R. Cousin. 1998. Dinosaurs nesting on a red beach?. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris: Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 327:67-74 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