Fusioolithus padiyalensis

† Fusioolithus padiyalensis — a Late Cretaceous titanosaur egg from the Padiyali locality, India. Sauropod egg with fused-column eggshell microstructure characteristic of Fusioolithidae. Indian Cretaceous nesting beds yield multiple egg ootaxa reflecting diverse titanosaur communities in Late Cret.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Fusioolithus padiyalensis lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100,5 to 66,0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.