Nocturnality in dinosaurs inferred from scleral ring and orbit morphology

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6030, 2011, Pages 705-708

  Schmitz, Lars ^a   Motani, Ryosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PTEROSAUR; SCLERITE;

AGILISAURUS LOUDERBACKI; ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA; ARTICLE; CATHEMERAL ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFUCIUSORNIS SANCTUS; CORYTHOSAURUS CASUARIUS; CTENOCHASMA ELEGANS; CTENOCHASMA TAQUETI; DINOSAUR; DIPLODOCUS LONGUS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EUPARKERIA CAPENSIS; GARUDIMIMUS BREVIPES; HERBIVORE; HERRERASAURUS ISCHIGUALESTENSIS; JURAVENATOR STARKI; LUFENGOSAURUS HUENEI; MEGAPNOSAURUS KAYENTAKATAE; MESOZOIC; MICRORAPTOR GUI; NEMEGTOSAURUS MONGOLIENSIS; NIGHT VISION; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; ORNITHOMIMUS EDMONTONICUS; PLATEOSAURUS LONGICEPS; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSAUROLOPHUS MAXIMUS; PROTEROSUCHUS VANHOEPENI; PROTOCERATOPS ANDREWSI; PSITTACOSAURUS MONGOLIENSIS; PTERODACTYLUS ANTIQUUS; PTERODAUSTRO GUINAZUI; RHAMPHORHYNCHUS MUENSTERI; RIOJASAURUS INCERTUS; SAPEORNIS CHAOYANGENSIS; SAUROLOPHUS OSBORNI; SCAPHOGNATHUS CRASSIROSTRIS; SCLERA; SINORNITHOSAURUS; TAPEJARA WELLNHOFERI; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TUPUXUARA; VELOCIRAPTOR MONGOLIENSIS; YIXIANORNIS GRABAUI;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DINOSAURS; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; LIGHT; NIGHT VISION; ORBIT; PHYLOGENY; SCLERA; VISION, OCULAR;

AMNIOTA; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 79955751114     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1200043     Document Type: Article

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