A sauropod rib with an embedded theropod tooth: Direct evidence for feeding behaviour in the Jehol group, China

Lethaia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 500-506

  Xing, Lida ^a   Bell, Phil R ^b   Currie, Philip J ^a   Shibata, Masateru ^c   Tseng, Kuowei ^d   Dong, Zhiming ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Pipestone Creek Dinosaur Initiative   (Canada)

^c Katsuyama   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PALEOECOLOGY; TOOTH;

CHINA;

SAUROPODA; THEROPODA; TITANOSAURIFORMES;

EID: 84866439119     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2012.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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