Pterosaur eggshell structure and its implications for pterosaur reproductive biology

Zitteliana Reihe B: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie

Volumn , Issue 28, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Unwin, David M ^a   Charles Deeming, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; China; Egg; Eggshell; Embryo; Incubation; Pterosaur

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; EGGSHELL; INCUBATION; PERMEABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPTILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 61849157399     PISSN: 16124138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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