Viviparity and K-selected life history in a mesozoic marine plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia)

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6044, 2011, Pages 870-873

  O'Keefe, F R ^a   Chiappe, L M ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BROOD SIZE; CLADISTICS; EUSOCIALITY; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATERNAL CARE; MESOZOIC; PALEONTOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPTILE; VIVIPARITY;

ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; FETUS; FOSSIL; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE SPECIES; MATERNAL CARE; MESOZOIC; PLESIOSAUR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPTILE; SAUROPTERYGIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAXON; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FOSSILS; REPTILES; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

MAMMALIA; PLESIOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80051639866     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1205689     Document Type: Article

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