Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Haţeg Island

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 438-454

  Benton, Michael J ^a   Csiki, Zoltan ^b   Grigorescu, Dan ^b   Redelstorff, Ragna ^c   Sander, P Martin ^d   Stein, Koen ^d   Weishampel, David B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinosaurs; Ha eg; Island dwarfing; Island rule; Maastrichtian; Nanism; Romania

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PEDOMORPHOSIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; ROMANIA;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA; TELMATOSAURUS;

EID: 77954931817     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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