A possible egg of the dromaeosaur Deinonychus antirrhopus: Phylogenetic and biological implications

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 705-719

  Grellet Tinner, Gerald ^a,b   Makovicky, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Field Museum in Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL DATA; PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; SKELETOCHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DINOSAUR; EGG; PHYLOGENY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

DEINONYCHUS; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; OVIRAPTORIDAE; THEROPODA; TROODONTIDAE;

EID: 33750210493     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-033     Document Type: Article

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