Krokolithes

Krokolithes; Temporal range: Campanian 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]

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.

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[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.