Unusual gut contents in a Cretaceous ichthyosaur

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b   Boles, Walter E ^b,c   Smith, Elizabeth T ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cretaceous; Enantiornithine bird; Gut contents; Hatchling turtles; Ichthyosaurs

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIET; REPTILE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DEATH; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FORAGING; HATCHING; INGESTION; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242574664     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0050     Document Type: Article

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