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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.

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Pathology Description Taxa Paleobiological significance Images

Abscesses[1]

Dilophosaurus wetherilli[1]

Amputations[2][3]

Allosaurus and Eubrontes (ichnotaxon)

Ankylosis[2][4][5]

Asymmetrically sized body parts.[6]

Avulsion injuries[5][7]

Block vertebrae[8]

Broken teeth[9][10]

Bone spurs[2][5][11]

Co-Ossification[2]

Cysts[12]

Exostosis[2][8][13][14][15]

Fractured bones[1][2][5][8][11][13][14][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Fused bones[2][8][11][13][16]

Gout[5][22]

Greenstick fractures[17]

Holes in bones[2][5]

Infections[2][8][14][23][24]

Involucra[2]

Lesions[8]

Osteoarthritis[25]

Osteomyelitis[2]

Pseudoarthrosis[8][11][14][17]

Puncture wounds[2][8][12][14][20][21][23][24]

Split carinae in teeth[10][26]

Spondylitis[8]

Stress fractures[27]

Supernumerary tooth crowns[10]

Twisted body parts[12]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c Molnar (2001); "Ceratosauridae," page 340.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Molnar (2001); "Allosauridae," page 341.
  3. ^ Molnar (2001); "Eubrontes," page 348.
  4. ^ Molnar (2001); "Family incertae sedis," page 345.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 345.
  6. ^ Molnar (2001); "Discussion," page 357.
  7. ^ Rothschild, et al. (2001); "Discussion," page 334.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 344.
  9. ^ Molnar (2001); "Ceratosauridae," page 346.
  10. ^ a b c Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 347.
  11. ^ a b c d Molnar (2001); "Neovenatoridae," page 341.
  12. ^ a b c Molnar (2001); "Troodontidae," page 343.
  13. ^ a b c Molnar (2001); "Megalosauridae," page 340.
  14. ^ a b c d e Molnar (2001); "Acrocanthosauridae fam. nov.," page 342.
  15. ^ Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," page 343.
  16. ^ a b Molnar (2001); "Ceratosauridae," pages 339-340.
  17. ^ a b c Molnar (2001); "Allosauridae," page 340.
  18. ^ Molnar (2001); "Family incertae sedis," page 346.
  19. ^ Molnar (2001); "Oviraptoridae," page 343.
  20. ^ a b Molnar (2001); "Dromaeosauridae," page 342.
  21. ^ a b Molnar (2001); "Discussion," page 353.
  22. ^ Molnar (2001); "Tyrannosauridae," pages 344-345.
  23. ^ a b Molnar (2001); "Discussion," page 354.
  24. ^ a b 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

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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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