Trachoolithus

† Trachoolithus is a Cretaceous ootaxon of fossil eggs from India, characterized by unusually thick, roughened eggshell. These eggs from the Lameta Formation of India are tentatively assigned to titanosaur sauropod parents.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Trachoolithus was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Trachoolithus 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.