Did dinosaurs have any relation with dung-beetles? (The origin of coprophagy)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 19-20, 2008, Pages 1405-1408

  Arillo, Antonio ^a   Ortuño, Vicente M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coprophagy; Dinosaurs; Dung beetles; Mesozoic ecosystems; Paleobiology

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CENOZOIC; COPROPHAGY; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

COLEOPTERA; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 46949110780     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930802105130     Document Type: Article

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