Lizard eggs from Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation of Jabalpur, central India, with interpretation of depositional environments of the nest-bearing horizon

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 674-686

  Shukla, U K ^a   Srivastava, Rahul ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NAGALAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Jabalpur; Lacertilian nest; Lagoonal sediments; Lameta type section; Lower Limestone; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DINOSAUR; EGGSHELL; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMIDITY; LIMESTONE; LITHOFACIES; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PALEOCLIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JABALPUR; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA;

LACERTILIA; REPTILIA; SALTASAURIDAE; SAUROPODA; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS INDICUS;

EID: 48549095906     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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