Spatial niche partitioning in dinosaurs from the latest cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North America

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1709, 2011, Pages 1158-1164

  Lyson, Tyler R ^a,b   Longrich, Nicholas R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marmarth Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Edmontosaurus; Lithology; Niche partitioning; Palaeoenvironment; Triceratops; Tyrannosaurus

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; COEXISTENCE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; LITHOLOGY; MAASTRICHTIAN; MUDSTONE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINOSAUR; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 79960064655     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1444     Document Type: Article

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