Cairanoolithus dughii

† Cairanoolithus dughii is the type oöspecies of the ootaxon Cairanoolithus, representing large spherical dinosaur eggs from the Late Cretaceous of southern France. Attributed to titanosaurian sauropods, these eggs display a distinctive mammillary layer microstructure. Named for collector Dughi, they were among the first Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggs systematically described from Europe, laying groundwork for understanding sauropod nesting ecology in the Maastrichtian of the Ibero-Armorican prov