An "egg-tooth"-like structure in titanosaurian sauropod embryos

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 247-252

  García, Rodolfo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EGG; EMBRYO; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA;

EID: 34047235300     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[247:AESITS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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