Krokolithidae

Krokolithidae
Temporal range: Campanian
Eggshell classification
Basic shell type:†Crocodiloid
Oofamily:†Krokolithidae
Oogenera

Krokolithidae is an oofamily of fossil crocodylomorph eggs.[1] The oogenus Mycomorphoolithus is closely related to Krokolithidae, but not included in it.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Russo, João; Mateus, Octávio; Marzola, Marco; Balbino, Ausenda (2017). "Two new ootaxa from the late Jurassic: The oldest record of crocodylomorph eggs, from the Lourinha Formation, Portugal". PLOS One. 12 (3): e0171919. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171919.
  2. ↑ Miguel Moreno-Azanza, Jose Ignacio Canudo, and Jose Manuel Gasca. (2015) "Enigmatic Early Cretaceous ootaxa from Western Europe with signals of extrinsic eggshell degradation" Cretaceous Research 56: 617–627.


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