First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1616, 2007, Pages 1361-1368

  Varricchio, David J ^a   Martin, Anthony J ^b   Katsura, Yoshihiro ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gifu Prefectural Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blackleaf formation; Burrow; Dinosauria; Ichnology; Ornithopoda; Parental care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANCESTRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BURROWING; CRETACEOUS; DESERT; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; ICHNOLOGY; JUVENILE; PARENTAL CARE; RANGE EXPANSION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRACE FOSSIL;

BURROWING SPECIES; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; HINDLIMB; NONHUMAN; ORYCTODROMEUS CUBICULARIS; PALEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447316677     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0443     Document Type: Review

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