Juvenile skeletal structure and the reproductive habits of dinosaurs

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5262, 1996, Pages 712-714

  Geist, Nicholas R ^a   Jones, Terry D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSAURIAN; BIRD; CROCODILIAN; DINOSAUR; JUVENILE; NESTING BEHAVIOUR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SKELETAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0029731566     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5262.712     Document Type: Article

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18. We thank J. Aikin for eagle radiographs; D Belcher for advice; A Boehmer for translations: R. Elsie for donation of hatchling alligators; J Horner for allow ing us access to fossil specimens; J. Hillenius for review and photography; T. Hovie for photography, J Matoon, K Timm, and B. Watrous for radiographic assistance; R. Pickton for bird specimens. M Schadt for histological preparations; F. C Sibley for loan of megapode specimens; G. Smith and N Smith for donation of emu specimens; B. Taylor for photomicroscopy advice; and G. Vaillancourt and D Vaillancourt for donation of ostrich specimens We thank J. Ruben for support and comments. Supported by funds from the Oregon State University Department of Zoology and NSF grant IBM-9420290 to W. J. Hillenius and J. A. Ruben.