Maiasaura

Maiasaura (Antik Yunanca: "μαία + σαύρα" "Sevecen anne kertenkele" anlamına gelir) Geç Kretase Dönemi'nde (Orta-Geç Kampaniyen Dönemi) yaklaşık 76 milyon yıl önce yaşamış büyük ördek gagalı bir dinozor cinsidir.[1] Şu anda ABD'nin Montana eyaletine karşılık gelen bölgede yaşamıştır.

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Kaynakça
  1. Horner, J. R., Schmitt, J. G., Jackson, F., & Hanna, R. (2001). Bones and rocks of the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine-Judith River clastic wedge complex, Montana. In Field trip guidebook, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 61st Annual Meeting: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleontology in the Western Plains and Rocky Mountains. Museum of the Rockies Occasional Paper (Vol. 3, pp. 3-14).
  • Dodson, Peter & Britt, Brooks & Carpenter, Kenneth & Forster, Catherine A. & Gillette, David D. & Norell, Mark A. & Olshevsky, George & Parrish, J. Michael & Weishampel, David B. The Age of Dinosaurs. Publications International, LTD. p. 116-117. ISBN 0-7853-0443-6.
  • Horner, Jack and Gorman, James. (1988). Digging Dinosaurs: The Search that Unraveled the Mystery of Baby Dinosaurs, Workman Publishing Co.
  • Lehman, T. M., 2001, Late Cretaceous dinosaur provinciality: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 310–328.
  • Palmer, D., (Ed.) (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. Londra: Marshall Editions. s. 148. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
  • Trexler, D., 2001, Two Medicine Formation, Montana: geology and fauna: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 298–309.
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