''Gekkoolithus'' is an
oogenus of
fossil gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from .
Geckos ar ...
egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...
. Unfortunately, gecko eggs have not been well-studied, and their fossils are very rare, making classification of them difficult. ''Gekkolithus'' eggs are very similar to those of the modern ''
Phelsuma delandis'' in size, shape, and structure.
[Hirsch , K.F. (1996). "Parataxonomic Classification of Fossil Chelonian and Gecko Eggs." '' Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.'' 16(4):752-762.]
References
Egg fossils
Fossil parataxa described in 1996
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