Description of the first lithostrotian titanosaur embryo in ovo with neutron characterization and implications for lithostrotian aptian migration and dispersion

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 621-629

  Grellet Tinner, Gerald ^a,b,c   Sim, Cheul Muu ^d   Kim, Dong Hee ^e   Trimby, Patrick ^f   Higa, Alessandra ^g   An, Seung Lak ^e   Oh, Hwa Suk ^h   Kim, TaeJoo ^d   Kardjilov, Nikolay ⁱ  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b The Journey Museum   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^e ICT and Future Planning   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g Oglala Lakota College   (United States)

^h Radpharm Ltd   (South Korea)

ⁱ HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

EBSD; Egg; Embryo; Lithostrotia; Lithostrotian paleodispersion; Mongolia; Neutron tomography

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; DINOSAUR; DISPERSION; EMBRYO; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; AUCA MAHUEVO; MONGOLIA; NEUQUEN;

EID: 79960298287     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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