An Ornithomimid (Dinosauria) Bonebed from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, with Implications for the Behavior, Classification, and Stratigraphy of North American Ornithomimids

Thomas M. Cullen; Michael J. Ryan; Claudia Schröder-Adams; Philip J. Currie; Yoshitsugu Kobayashi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058853

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An Ornithomimid (Dinosauria) Bonebed from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, with Implications for the Behavior, Classification, and Stratigraphy of North American Ornithomimids

Thomas M. Cullen ,

* E-mail: thomas_cullen@carleton.ca

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Michael J. Ryan,

Affiliations Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Claudia Schröder-Adams,

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Philip J. Currie,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Yoshitsugu Kobayashi

Affiliation Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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An Ornithomimid (Dinosauria) Bonebed from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, with Implications for the Behavior, Classification, and Stratigraphy of North American Ornithomimids

Thomas M. Cullen,
Michael J. Ryan,
Claudia Schröder-Adams,
Philip J. Currie,
Yoshitsugu Kobayashi

Published: March 12, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058853

About the Authors

Thomas M. Cullen

* E-mail: thomas_cullen@carleton.ca

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Michael J. Ryan

Affiliations Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Claudia Schröder-Adams

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Philip J. Currie

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Yoshitsugu Kobayashi

Affiliation Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

David Evans is a PLOS ONE academic editor and a collaborator of Michael Ryan. David Evans is also preparing to have Thomas Cullen as a PhD student in his lab (starting Sept. 2012).

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMC MJR CSA PJC YK. Performed the experiments: TMC. Analyzed the data: TMC MJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMC MJR CSA. Wrote the paper: TMC MJR CSA PJC YK.

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