Bauruoolithus fragilis Oliveira et al. 2011 (crocodile eggshell)

Reptilia - Loricata - Krokolithidae

Full reference: C. E. M. Oliveira, R. M. Santucci, M. B. Andrade, V. J. Fulfaro, J. A. F. Basílio and M. J. Benton. 2011. Crocodylomorph eggs and eggshells from the Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Palaeontology 54(2):309-321

Belongs to Bauruoolithus according to C. E. M. Oliveira et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FEF‐PV‐8/1, an egg. Its type locality is 12 km south of the city of Jales, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in Brazil.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at 12 km south of the city of Jales

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