Dinosaur eggs and nesting behaviors: A paleobiological investigation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 232, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 294-321

  Grellet Tinner, Gerald ^a,b   Chiappe, Luis ^b   Norell, Mark ^c   Bottjer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brooding; Dinosaur eggs and nests; Evolution of reproductive behaviors; Incubation; Theropods

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EGG; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PALEOBIOLOGY;

AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; OVIRAPTORIDAE; SAURISCHIA; THEROPODA; TROODON FORMOSUS;

EID: 33644865055     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.10.029     Document Type: Article

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