Krokolithidae

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

Krokolithidae
Temporal range: Campanian
Egg fossil classification
Basic shell type: Crocodiloid
Oofamily: Krokolithidae
Kohring and Hirsch, 1996
Oogenera

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. PMC 5342183. PMID 28273086.
  2. Moreno-Azanza, Miguel; Ignacio Canudo, Jose; Manuel Gasca, Jose (2015). "Enigmatic Early Cretaceous ootaxa from Western Europe with signals of extrinsic eggshell degradation". Cretaceous Research. 56: 617–627. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.019.
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