Relationships between european and indian dinosaur eggs and eggshells of the oofamily megaloolithidae

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 575-585

  Vianey Liaud, Monique ^a   Khosla, Ashu ^b   Garcia, Geraldine ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGGSHELL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EUROPE; INDIA;

DINOSAURIA; MEGALOOLITHUS; MEGALOOLITHUS SIRUGUEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242711419     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)023[0575:RBEAID]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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