Dental microwear patterns of the sauropod dinosaurs camarasaurus and diplodocus: Evidence for resource partitioning in the late jurassic of North America

Historical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Fiorillo, Anthony R ^a  

^a Dallas Museum of Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

Camarasaurus; Dental microwear; Dinosaur diets; Diplodocus; Morrison formation; Resource partitioning; Sauropod dinosaurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744439735     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912969809386568     Document Type: Article

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