Krokolithes Explained

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] 1Fossils 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.

Notes and References

  1. Russo . João . Marzola . Marco . Mateus . Octávio . Balbino . A . Two new ootaxa from the late Jurassic: The oldest record of crocodylomorph eggs, from the Lourinhã Formation, Portugal . PLOS ONE . e0171919 . en . 10.1371/journal.pone.0171919 . 8 March 2017. 12 . 3 . 28273086 . 5342183 . 2017PLoSO..1271919R . free .
  2. Konstantin E. Mikhailov, Emily S. Bray & Karl E. Hirsch . 1996 . Parataxonomy of fossil egg remains (Veterovata): basic principles and applications . . 16 . 4 . 763–769 . 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011364 . 4523773.

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