Triassic marine reptiles gave birth to live young

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7015, 2004, Pages 383-386

  Cheng, Yen Nien ^a   Wu, Xiao Chun ^b   Ji, Qiang ^c  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN HABITATS;

MESOZOIC ERA; REPRODUCTIVE MODE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; TRIASSIC; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DINOSAUR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLESIOSAUR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIASSIC;

ANIMALS; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; PARTURITION; REPTILES; SKELETON; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; DINOSAURIA; MOSASAUROIDEA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9244235057     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03050     Document Type: Article

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