First record of gastroliths associated with elasmosaur remains from La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Chubut, Patagonia Argentina, with comments on the probable depositional palaeoenvironment of the source of the gastroliths

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 212-217

  O'Gorman, José Patricio ^a,b   Salgado, Leonardo ^b,c   Cerda, Ignacio Alejandro ^b,d   Gasparini, Zulma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b CONICET Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Elasmosauridae; Gastroliths; La Colonia Formation; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; DINOSAUR; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW RECORD; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; STOMACH CONTENT;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT;

ELASMOSAURIDAE; POLYCOTYLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870375478     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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