Krokolithidae

{{Short description|Oofamily of crocodylomorph}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|150|70.6|Campanian}}

| taxon = Krokolithidae

| authority = Kohring and Hirsch, 1996

| subdivision_ranks = Oogenera

| subdivision =

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Krokolithidae is an oofamily of fossil crocodylomorph eggs.{{cite journal|last1=Russo|first1=João|last2=Mateus|first2=Octávio|last3=Marzola|first3=Marco|last4=Balbino|first4=Ausenda|title=Two new ootaxa from the late Jurassic: The oldest record of crocodylomorph eggs, from the Lourinha Formation, Portugal|journal=PLOS ONE|date=2017|volume=12|issue=3|page=e0171919|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0171919|pmc=5342183|pmid=28273086|doi-access=free}} The oogenus Mycomorphoolithus is closely related to the family, but not included in it.{{cite journal | last1 = Moreno-Azanza | first1 = Miguel | last2 = Ignacio Canudo | first2 = Jose | last3 = Manuel Gasca | first3 = Jose | year = 2015 | title = Enigmatic Early Cretaceous ootaxa from Western Europe with signals of extrinsic eggshell degradation | journal = Cretaceous Research | volume = 56 | pages = 617–627 | doi = 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.019 }}

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Category:Prehistoric crocodylomorphs

Category:Reptile trace fossils

Category:Egg fossils

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