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Krokolithes

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Krokolithes
Temporal range: Campanian
Holotype of K. dinophilus
Egg fossil classification Edit this classification
Basic shell type: Crocodiloid
Oofamily: Krokolithidae
Oogenus: Krokolithes

Krokolithes is an oogenus of Crocodiloid eggs. These eggs were laid by an extinct species of Crocodylian. It contains two oospecies, K. wilsoni and K. helleri.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.