Neck posture and feeding habits of two jurassic sauropod dinosaurs

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5415, 1999, Pages 798-800

  Stevens, Kent A ^a   Parrish, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JURASSIC;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NECK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE;

EID: 0033617577     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5415.798     Document Type: Article

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