Ontogenetic dietary shifts in Deinonychus antirrhopus (Theropoda; Dromaeosauridae): Insights into the ecology and social behavior of raptorial dinosaurs through stable isotope analysis

@article{Frederickson2020OntogeneticDS,
  title={Ontogenetic dietary shifts in Deinonychus antirrhopus (Theropoda; Dromaeosauridae): Insights into the ecology and social behavior of raptorial dinosaurs through stable isotope analysis},
  author={Joseph A. Frederickson and Michael H. Engel and Richard. Cifelli},
  journal={Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology},
  year={2020},
  volume={552},
  pages={109780}
}
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