Cretaceous choristoderan reptiles gave birth to live young

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-428

  Ji, Qiang ^a   Wu, Xiao Chun ^b   Cheng, Yen Nien ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Choristoderan; Hyphalosaur; Reptiles; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CRETACEOUS; EMBRYO; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REPTILE; SIZE SELECTION; SPECIMEN BANK; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BONE; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; PALATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPTILE; SKULL; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PALATE; PREGNANCY; REPTILES; SKULL; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

CHORISTODERA; DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA;

EID: 77952097546     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0654-2     Document Type: Article

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