Lowland-upland migration of sauropod dinosaurs during the Late Jurassic epoch

Nature

Volumn 480, Issue 7378, 2011, Pages 513-515

  Fricke, Henry C ^a   Hencecroth, Justin ^a   Hoerner, Marie E ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CARBONATE; DINOSAUR; ENAMEL; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JURASSIC; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPLAND REGION; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; ENAMEL; FOSSIL ANIMAL; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; UPPER JURASSIC;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DINOSAURS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CAMARASAURUS; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84355162107     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10570     Document Type: Article

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