Hadrosaurid migration: Inferences based on stable isotope comparisons among Late Cretaceous dinosaur localities

Paleobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-288

  Fricke, Henry C ^a   Rogers, Raymond R ^b   Gates, Terry A ^c  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIGRATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; ROSAURIDAE;

EID: 67449161263     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08025.1     Document Type: Article

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