An Egg-adult association, gender, and reproduction in pterosaurs

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6015, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Lü, Junchang ^a   Unwin, David M ^b   Deeming, D Charles ^c   Jin, Xingsheng ^d   Liu, Yongqing ^a   Ji, Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^d Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; EGGSHELL; GENDER; JURASSIC; OVIPOSITION; PTEROSAUR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; GENDER; HATCHLING; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROSAUR; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TURTLE; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PELVIS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; REPTILES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AVES; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78751684831     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1197323     Document Type: Article

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