Bird-like characteristics of troodontid theropod eggshell

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 297-305

  Zelenitsky, Darla K ^a   Modesto, Sean P ^b,c,d   Currie, Philip J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^e ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Bird origins; Dinosaur eggs; Eggshell morphotype; Fossil eggshell parataxonomy; Theropods; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DINOSAUR; EGGSHELL; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; GALLIFORMES; NEOGNATHAE; PRISMATOOLITHUS LEVIS; THEROPODA; TROODON FORMOSUS;

EID: 0036624184     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.2002.1010     Document Type: Article

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