A phylogenetic assessment of prismatic dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 931-937

  Varricchio, David J ^a   Jackson, Frankie D ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGG; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENETICS;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; GALLIFORMES; THEROPODA;

EID: 11144257757     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0931:APAOPD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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