The roles of herbivory and omnivory in early dinosaur evolution

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 383-396

  Barrett, Paul M ^a   Butler, Richard J ^b   Nesbitt, Sterling J ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Jurassic; Late Triassic; Ornithischia; Sauropodomorpha; Silesauridae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARNIAN; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; HERBIVORY; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; OMNIVORY; TRIASSIC;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 79959443080     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691011020111     Document Type: Article

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