First complete sauropod dinosaur skull from the Cretaceous of the Americas and the evolution of sauropod dentition

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-391

  Chure, Daniel ^a   Britt, Brooks B ^b   Whitlock, John A ^c   Wilson, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a Dinosaur National Monument   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinosauria; Herbivory; North America; Sauropoda; Tooth shape

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKULL; TOOTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; DENTITION; DINOSAUR; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DENTITION; DINOSAURS; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TOOTH;

NORTH AMERICA;

BRACHIOSAURIDAE; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA;

EID: 77952092396     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0650-6     Document Type: Article

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