Eggs of titanosaurid sauropods from the Upper Cretaceous of Auca Mahuevo (Argentina)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 949-960

  Grellet Tinner, Gerald ^a   Chiappe, Luis M ^a   Coria, R ^b  

^a Nat Hist Mus Los Angeles County ^*  (United States)

^b Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CALCITE; CANALS; POROSITY;

EGGS; OOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC CORES; SPECIMENS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGG; FOSSIL;

ARGENTINA; AUCA MAHUEVO; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 6044242036     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-049     Document Type: Article

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