Ultrastuctural and functional morphology of eggshells supports the idea that dinosaur eggs were incubated burried in a substrate

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-185

  Deeming, D Charlie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Eggshells; Nesting environment; Pore; Ultrastructure; Water vapour conductance

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EGGSHELL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33645062912     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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