Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Jin, Xingsheng ^a   Azuma, Yoichi ^b   Jackson, Frankie D ^c   Varricchio, David J ^c  

^a Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

^b Katsuyama   (Japan)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PALEOGEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGG; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 34249884798     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-077     Document Type: Article

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