Genre
Taxon formel Éteint

Fusioolithus

Fernández and Khosla 2015

Fusioolithus is an oogenus of dinosaur egg. It contains two oospecies: F. baghensis and F. berthei. Fossils have been found in Spain, Argentina, France, India and Peru. They were probably laid by a titanosaur.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
60
Groupe
Dinosaures
Terrestre
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Fusioolithidae Famille
Fusioolithus Genre
Sites de découverte 60 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇮🇳 Inde
28
🇪🇸 Espagne
17
🇦🇷 Argentine
11
🇵🇪 Pérou
2
🇫🇷 France
2
Formations géologiques
Lameta
24
Allen
8
Lower Red Garumnian
3
Chorrillo
3
Bagua
2
Arén
2
Calcaire de Rognac
1
Talarn
1
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
57
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Espèces (10)
Fusioolithus baghensis 84 Ma
Fusioolithus berthei 72 Ma
Fusioolithus dholiyaensis 72 Ma
Fusioolithus mohabeyi 72 Ma
Fusioolithus padiyalensis 72 Ma
Megaloolithus balasinorensis subjective synonym of Fusioolithus baghensis 84 Ma
Megaloolithus phensaniensis subjective synonym of Fusioolithus mohabeyi 72 Ma
Megaloolithus pseudomamillare subjective synonym of Fusioolithus baghensis 84 Ma
Megaloolithus trempii subjective synonym of Fusioolithus baghensis 84 Ma
Patagoolithus salitralensis subjective synonym of Fusioolithus baghensis 84 Ma
Synonymes (1)
Patagoolithus subjective synonym of Fusioolithus
Bibliographie
Description originale
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 ↗
Bibliographie (17)
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 ↗
D. Pol, E. Vlachos, and F. Aspromonte. 2023. The end of the dinosaur era in Patagonia (NatGeo Project).
F. E. Novas, F. L. Agnolin, and S. Rozadilla, A. M. Aranciaga-Rolando, F. Brisson-Egli, M. J. Motta, M. Cerroni, M. D. Ezcurra, A. G. Martinelli, J. S. D.’Angelo, G. Alvarez-Herrera. 2019. Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 21(2):217-293 DOI ↗
R. V. Vyas. 2019. Review of dinosaur egg fossils from Gujarat state, India. Zoo’s Print 34(5):8–17
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 ↗
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 ↗
M. E. Simón. 2006. Cáscaras de huevos de dinosaurios de la Formación Allen (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano), en Salitral Moreno, provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [Dinosaur eggshells from the Allen Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian), in Salitral Moreno, Río Negro province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 43(3):513-528
A. Khosla, G. V. R. Prasad, and O. Verma, A. K. Jain, A. Sahni. 2004. Discovery of a micromammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean site near Kisalpuri, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. Current Science 87(3):380-383
M. Vianey-Liaud, A. Khosla, and G. Garcia. 2003. Relationships between European and Indian dinosaur eggs and eggshells of the oofamily Megaloolithidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):575-585 DOI ↗
D. M. Mohabey. 2001. Indian dinosaur eggs: a review. Journal of the Geological Society of India 58(6):479-508
A. Prieto-Márquez, R. Gaete, and A. Galobart, L. Ardèvol. 2001. A Richardoestesia-like theropod tooth from the Late Cretaceous foredeep, south-central Pyrenees, Spain. Eclogae Geologicae Helveticae 93:497-501
D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362 DOI ↗
J. J. Moratalla. 1998. Spanish dinosaur eggs. I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa
M. Vianey-Liaud, K. Hirsch, and B. Sigé. 1997. Late Cretaceous Peruvian eggshells and their relationships with Laurasian and eastern Gondwanian material. Geobios 30(1):75-90 DOI ↗
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 ↗
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