Jaw mechanics and evolutionary paleoecology of the megaherbivorous dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation (upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Mallon, Jordan C ^a,b   Anderson, Jason S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CAMPANIAN; DIET; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOECOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ANIMALIA; ANKYLOSAURIDAE; CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE;

EID: 84927579432     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.904323     Document Type: Article

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