Probable gut contents within a specimen of Brachylophosaurus canadensis (Dinosauria: hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 624-635

  Tweet, Justin S ^a,e   Chin, Karen ^b   Braman, Dennis R ^c   Murphy, Nate L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^d Express Distributing   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; FOSSILIZATION; PLANT RESIDUE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE;

EID: 53849096707     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-044r     Document Type: Article

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