A new Argentinean nesting site showing neosauropod dinosaur reproduction in a Cretaceous hydrothermal environment

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Grellet Tinner, Gerald ^a,b   Fiorelli, Lucas E ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b The Journey Museum   (United States)

^c Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COLONIAL SPECIES; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EGG SHELL; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; INCUBATION TIME; NESTING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SYMBIOSIS;

DINOSAURIA; MEGAPODIUS PRITCHARDII; SAUROPODA;

EID: 84880271832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1031     Document Type: Article

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