Palaeoenvironmental controls on the distribution of cretaceous herbivorous dinosaurs

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1027-1032

  Butler, Richard J ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Palaeoecology; Palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; DATA BASE; DINOSAUR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVOROUS DINOSAUR; LAND BIOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER;

ANKYLOSAURIDAE; CERATOPSIA; DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; NODOSAURIDAE; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 54049094344     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0417-5     Document Type: Article

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