Oxygen isotopes from biogenic apatites suggest widespread endothermy in Cretaceous dinosaurs

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 41-54

  Amiot, Romain ^a   Lécuyer, Christophe ^a   Buffetaut, Eric ^b   Escarguel, Gilles ^a   Fluteau, Frédéric ^c   Martineau, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

apatite; Cretaceous; crocodile; dinosaur; oxygen isotopes; thermophysiology; turtle

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC APATITES; CRETACEOUS DINOSAURS; THERMOPHYSIOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

APATITE; BIOGENIC MINERAL; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ENDOTHERMY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

CERATOPSIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; REPTILIA; SAUROPODA; TESTUDINES; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746969993     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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