ammonites
Megaloolithus mohabeyi Khosla and Sahni 1995 (titanosaurid)

Reptilia - Dinosauria - Titanosauridae

Synonym: Megaloolithus phensaniensis Mohabey 1998

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Megaloolithus according to M. Vianey-Liaud et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Megaloolithus aureliensis, Megaloolithus baghensis, Megaloolithus cylindricus, Megaloolithus dhoridungriensis, Megaloolithus jabalpurensis, Megaloolithus khempurensis, Megaloolithus mamillare, Megaloolithus megadermus, Megaloolithus microtuberculata, Megaloolithus petralta, Megaloolithus problematica, Megaloolithus siruguei, Megaloolithus trempii

Type specimens:

  • Megaloolithus mohabeyi: VPL/KH 233, an egg. Its type locality is Dholiya, Dhar, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.
  • Megaloolithus phensaniensis: 148/CRP/96. Its type locality is Phensani, Kheda, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lameta Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore