Inferences of diplodocoid (Sauropoda: Dinosauria) feeding behavior from snout shape and microwear analyses

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  Whitlock, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; APATOSAURUS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRACHIOSAURUS; CAMARASAURUS; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DICRAEOSAURUS; DINOSAUR; DIPLODOCUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MICROWEAR ANALYSIS; NIGERSAURUS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REBBACHISAURUS; RIPARIAN SPECIES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUUWASSEA; TORNIERIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH;

APATOSAURUS; CAMARASAURUS; DICRAEOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCUS; SAUROPODA;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOOTH;

EID: 79953751268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018304     Document Type: Article

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