Recognition of vertebrate egg abnormalities in the Upper Cretaceous fossil record

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-39

  Jackson, Frankie D ^a   Schmitt, James G ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Eggshells; Upper Cretaceous; Vertebrate eggs

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGG; EGGSHELL; EMBRYO; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; TESTUDINES; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39249083492     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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