Eggshell geochemistry reveals ancestral metabolic thermoregulation in Dinosauria

Authors: Robin R. Dawson, Daniel J. Field, Pincelli M. Hull, Darla K. Zelenitsky, François Therrien, Hagit P. Affek

Published: 2020-02-14

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax9361

Source: Full article

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Abstract

All major groups of Mesozoic dinosaurs exhibited metabolically mediated thermoregulation based on clumped isotopes in eggshells.