A new North American therizinosaurid and the role of herbivory in 'predatory' dinosaur evolution

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1672, 2009, Pages 3505-3511

  Zanno, Lindsay E ^a   Gillette, David D ^b   Albright, L Barry ^c   Titus, Alan L ^d  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Ecomorphology; Maniraptora; Nothronychus; Phylogeny; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORY; CLADISTICS; DIET; DINOSAUR; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; HERBIVORY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIALIZATION;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CLADISTICS; DIET; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC LINE; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OMNIVORE; PHYLOGENY; PLASTICITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COELUROSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; MANIRAPTORA; THEROPODA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DINOSAURS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NORTH AMERICA; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 70349632625     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1029     Document Type: Article

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