Archosauria - Dinosauria - Titanosauridae

Synonyms: Megaloolithus matleyi Mohabey 1996, Megaloolithus patagonicus Calvo et al. 1997

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 L. M. Chiappe et al. 2003

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

Type specimens:

• Megaloolithus jabalpurensis: VPL/KH 250, an egg
• Megaloolithus matleyi: 123-125/CR/P/89. Its type locality is Pavna nest site, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone/claystone in the Lameta Formation of India.
• Megaloolithus patagonicus: MUCPv-234, 245, 246, 247. Its type locality is Gran Neuquén, Neuquén city, which is in a Santonian/Campanian wet floodplain siltstone/sandstone in Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore