Biophysical constraints on the thermal ecology of dinosaurs

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-368

  O'Connor, Michael P ^a   Dodson, Peter ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; DINOSAUR;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0033404346     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300021321     Document Type: Article

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