Krokolithes

Krokolithes; Temporal range: Tithonian-Oligocene; ~150–23 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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]

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 Tithonian Freixial Member of the Farta Pao 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. pp. e0171919. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171919.
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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] 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.

[Mikhailov-2] 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.