New data on the fossil eggshell diversity from the lower Maastrichtian of southern France;Diversite des coquilles 'minces' d'oeufs fossiles du Cretace superieur du Sud de la France

Geobios

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-126

  Garcia, Géraldine ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Eggshell; Morpho microstructural analysis; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EGGSHELL; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

FRANCE;

AIX; ALLIGATOR; AVES; DINOSAURIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0034054452     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-6995(00)80155-2     Document Type: Article

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