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List of pathological conditions reported in Mesozoic dinosaurs

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This list of pathological conditions reported in Mesozoic dinosaurs enumerates the various types of injury, disease, deformity or parasite infection identified among Mesozoic dinosaur fossils.

The list

Pathology Description Taxa Paleobiological significance Images

Abscesses

Dilophosaurus wetherilli

Amputations

Allosaurus and Eubrontes (ichnotaxon)

Ankylosis

Asymmetrically sized body parts.

Avulsion injuries

Block vertebrae

Broken teeth

Bone spurs

Co-Ossification

Cysts

Exostosis

Fractured bones

Fused bones

Gout

Greenstick fractures

Holes in bones

Infections

Involucra

Lesions

Osteoarthritis

Osteomyelitis

Pseudoarthrosis

Puncture wounds

Split carinae in teeth

Spondylitis

Stress fractures

Supernumerary tooth crowns

Twisted body parts

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Molnar (2001); "Ceratosauridae," page 340.
  2. ^ Molnar (2001); "Allosauridae," page 341.
  3. Molnar (2001); "Eubrontes," page 348.
  4. Molnar (2001); "Family incertae sedis," page 345.
  5. ^ Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 345.
  6. Molnar (2001); "Discussion," page 357.
  7. Rothschild, et al. (2001); "Discussion," page 334.
  8. ^ Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 344.
  9. Molnar (2001); "Ceratosauridae," page 346.
  10. ^ Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 347.
  11. ^ Molnar (2001); "Neovenatoridae," page 341.
  12. ^ Molnar (2001); "Troodontidae," page 343.
  13. ^ Molnar (2001); "Megalosauridae," page 340.
  14. ^ Molnar (2001); "Acrocanthosauridae fam. nov.," page 342.
  15. Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 343.
  16. ^ Molnar (2001); "Ceratosauridae," pages 339-340.
  17. ^ Molnar (2001); "Allosauridae," page 340.
  18. Molnar (2001); "Family incertae sedis," page 346.
  19. Molnar (2001); "Oviraptoridae," page 343.
  20. ^ Molnar (2001); "Dromaeosauridae," page 342.
  21. ^ Molnar (2001); "Discussion," page 353.
  22. Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," pages 344-345.
  23. ^ Molnar (2001); "Discussion," page 354.
  24. ^ Molnar (2001); "Herrerasauridae," page 339.
  25. Molnar (2001); "Allosauridae," pages 340-341.
  26. Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 346.
  27. Rothschild, et al. (2001); "Table 23.1," page 333.

References

Molnar, R. E., 2001, Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey, In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 337-363. Rothschild, B., Tanke, D. H., and Ford, T. L., 2001, Theropod stress fractures and tendon avulsions as a clue to activity, In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 331-336.

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