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2.5" Eocene Fossil Crocodile Egg - Bouxwiller, France
This is an unusual fossil: a 2.5" Eocene-aged fossil crocodile egg from Bouxwiller, in the Alsace region of northastern France. It was laid on the bank of a lake during the Eocene period, about 48 to 40 million years ago. The rock formation was exposed in a now abandoned quarry in 1983, and over 44 vertebrate species have been described since then.
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Eggs are generally difficult to trace to a single species, so this egg is classified as Crocodilenovum, a genus parallel to Linnean taxonomy but reserved only for eggs. In this case, Crocodilenovum translates from Latin to literally "of crocodiles (Crocodil-)" and "egg (-ovum)". However, it likely came from one of two known species of this quarry, the genus Allognathosuchus or the species Pristichampus rollinati.
Scan of the first page of the original paper describing this fauna in 1983 (in French)
Comes with an acrylic display stand.
Eggs are generally difficult to trace to a single species, so this egg is classified as Crocodilenovum, a genus parallel to Linnean taxonomy but reserved only for eggs. In this case, Crocodilenovum translates from Latin to literally "of crocodiles (Crocodil-)" and "egg (-ovum)". However, it likely came from one of two known species of this quarry, the genus Allognathosuchus or the species Pristichampus rollinati.
Scan of the first page of the original paper describing this fauna in 1983 (in French)
SPECIES
Crocodilenovum sp.
LOCATION
Bouxwiller, Alsace, France
SIZE
Egg: 2.5" long, Entire Specimen: 4.7 x 3.6"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#318935
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