No gastric mill in sauropod dinosaurs: New evidence from analysis of gastrolith mass and function in ostriches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1610, 2007, Pages 635-640

  Wings, Oliver ^a,b   Sander, P Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digestion; Extant birds; Gastroliths; Gizzard; Sauropod dinosaurs

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DINOSAUR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORE; SKELETON;

ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIRD; BODY MASS; DIGESTION; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; EXTANT SPECIES; FEEDING; GASTROLITH; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; STONE FORMATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FOSSIL; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; STRUTHIONIFORMES; THEROPODA;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; GIZZARD; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 33947513877     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3763     Document Type: Article

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