Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from the Tremp basin, Southern Pyrenees, Lleida, Spain

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1157-1171

  Vianey Liaud, Monique ^a   Lopez Martinez, Nieves ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR EGG; EGGSHELL ASSEMBLAGE;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 0031413691     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002233600003609X     Document Type: Article

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