Krokolithes
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Krokolithes | |
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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] 1 Fossils of the oogenus have been found in the Oligocene of France, the Oldman and Dinosaur Park Formations of Alberta, Canada, the Campanian Two Medicine Formation of Montana, the Barremian Cabezo Gordo Member of the Blesa Formation of Spain, and the Kimmeridgian of the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.
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. 12 (3): e0171919. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1271919R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171919. PMC 5342183. PMID 28273086.
- ^ 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.
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