Upper Cretaceous titanosaur nesting sites and their implications for sauropod dinosaur reproductive biology

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 284, Issue 4-6, 2008, Pages 69-107

  Sander, P Martin ^a   Peitz, Christian ^a   Jackson, Frankie D ^b   Chiappe, Luis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; France; India; Megaloolithus; r strategy; Reproductive biology; Sauropoda; Spain; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CLUTCH SIZE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGG; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARGENTINA; AUCA MAHUEVO; NEUQUEN;

EID: 50549095261     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/284/2008/69     Document Type: Article

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