New oviraptorid embryos from Bugin-Tsav, Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Mongolia, with insights into their habitat and growth

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1110-1119

  Weishampel, David B ^a   Fastovsky, David E ^b   Watabe, Mahito ^c   Varricchio, David ^d   Jackson, Frankie ^d   Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav ^e   Barsbold, Rinchen ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Hayashibara Mus of Natural Sciences   (Japan)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Mongolian Paleontological Center   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EMBRYO; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SKELETON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

AVES; OVIRAPTORIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 58249113988     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1110     Document Type: Article

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