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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	67205	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67205

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Megaloolithidae : Cairanoolithus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Eusaurischia	Padian et al. 1999
-	Sauropodomorpha
-	Massopoda	Yates 2007
-	Sauropodiformes	Martinez et al. 2011
-	Sauropoda
-	Eusauropoda	Upchurch 1995
-	Neosauropoda	Bonaparte 1986
-	Macronaria	Sereno 1997
-	Titanosauriformes	Salgado et al. 1997
-	Somphospondyli	Wilson and Sereno 1998
-	Titanosauria	Bonaparte and Coria 1993
family	Titanosauridae	Lydekker 1885
-	Megaloolithidae
genus	Cairanoolithus	Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cairanoolithus	genus	belongs to Megaloolithidae	stated without evidence	Vianey-Liaud et al., 1994

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Sauropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Diet

herbivore (based on Sauropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Vianey-Liaud, P. Mallan, and O. Buscail, C. Montgelard. 1994. Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cairanoolithus dughii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cairanoolithus roussetensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1994	Cairanoolithus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 171
1994	Dughioolithus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 171
2001	Cairanoolithus Garcia and Vianey-Liaud
2003	Cairanoolithus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 584 fig. 5
2006	Cairanoolithus Garcia et al. p. 100 fig. 3
2008	Cairanoolithus Suñer et al. p. 411
2013	Cairanoolithus Sellés et al. p. 13

References

Vianey-Liaud M., Mallan P., et al (1994) Review of French dinosaur eggshells: morphology, structure, mineral, and organic composition, Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 151-183

Garcia G., Vianey-Liaud M. (2001) Dinosaur eggshells as biochronological markers in Upper Cretaceous continental deposits, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 169 1-2, 153-164

Vianey-Liaud M., Khosla A., et al (2003) Relationships between European and Indian dinosaur eggs and eggshells of the oofamily Megaloolithidae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 3, 575-585

Garcia G., Marivaux L., et al (2006) Earliest Laurasian sauropod eggshells, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 1, 99-104

Suñer M., Poza B., et al (2008) Síntesis del registro fósil de dinosaurios en el Este de la Península Ibérica [Synthesis of the fossil record of dinosaurs in the eastern Iberian Peninsula], Palaeontologica Nova 8, 397-420

Sellés A. G., Bravo A. M., et al (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:0.1016/j.cretres.2012.05.004

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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