Embryos and eggs for the cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 564-576

  Varricchio, David J ^a,b   Horner, John R ^a   Jackson, Frankie D ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARTHAGE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGG; EMBRYO; TAXONOMY;

DINOSAURIA; ORODROMEUS MAKELAI; PRISMATOOLITHUS; THEROPODA; TROODON FORMOSUS;

EID: 0037136750     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0564:EAEFTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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