Nest structure for sauropods: Sedimentary criteria for recognition of dinosaur nesting traces

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-95

  Chiappe, Luis M ^a   Schmitt, James G ^b   Jackson, Frankie D ^b   Garrido, Alberto ^c   Dingus, Lowell ^d   Grellet Tinner, Gerald ^a  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

^d Infoquest Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; NEST STRUCTURE; TRACE FOSSIL;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 1642570302     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0089:NSFSSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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