Hatching and infilling of dinosaur eggs as revealed by computed tomography

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 267, Issue 1-6, 2002, Pages 119-168

  Mueller Töwe, Inken Juliane ^a,b   Sander, Paul Martin ^a   Schüller, Heinrich ^d   Thies, Detlev ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dinosaur eggs; Hatching process; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DINOSAUR; EGG; HATCHING; TOMOGRAPHY;

CHINA; MONGOLIA;

EID: 45249098663     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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