Krokolithes
Krokolithes Temporal range:
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Holotype of K. dinophilus | |
Egg fossil classification | |
Basic shell type: | †Crocodiloid |
Oofamily: | †Krokolithidae |
Oogenus: | †Krokolithes Hirsch, 1985 |
Krokolithes is an oogenus of Crocodiloid eggs. These eggs were laid by an extinct species of Crocodylian. It contains three oospecies, "K. dinophilus"[1], K. wilsoni and K. helleri.[2]
References
- ^ Russo, João; Marzola, Marco; Mateus, Octávio; Balbino, A (8 March 2017). "Two new ootaxa from the late Jurassic: The oldest record of crocodylomorph eggs, from the Lourinhã Formation, Portugal". PLOS ONE. pp. e0171919. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171919.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Konstantin E. Mikhailov, Emily S. Bray & Karl E. Hirsch (1996). "Parataxonomy of fossil egg remains (Veterovata): basic principles and applications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 16 (4): 763–769. doi:10.1080/02724634.1996.10011364. JSTOR 4523773.