Paleontology: Embryos of an early Jurassic prosauropod dinosaur and their evolutionary significance

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5735, 2005, Pages 761-764

  Reisz, Robert R ^a   Scott, Diane ^a   Sues, Hans Dieter ^b   Evans, David C ^a   Raath, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

HATCHLINGS; ONTOGENETIC DEVELOPMENTS; PALEONTOLOGY;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

DINOSAUR; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; JURASSIC;

ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HATCHING; MASSOSPONDYLUS CARINATUS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BODY POSTURE; BONE; DENTITION; FEMUR; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; NECK; OOCYTE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RIB; SKULL; SPINE;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DENTITION; DINOSAURS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMUR; FORELIMB; FOSSILS; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NECK; OVUM; PALEODONTOLOGY; POSTURE; RIBS; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINE;

EID: 23044441354     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114942     Document Type: Article

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22. We thank C. Vasconcelos, A. Yates, and C. Kelly for information and discussions; B. Rubidge and R. Smith for access to specimens and assistance; and the staff of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park. This work is dedicated to the memory of Dr. James Kitching. Supported by the University of Toronto, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the National Geographic Society, and the Paleo-Anthropology Scientific Trust (South Africa).