The first occurrence of an avian-style respiratory infection in a non-avian dinosaur

Abstract Other than repaired fractures, osteoarthritis, and periosteal reaction, the vertebrate fossil record has limited evidence of non-osseous diseases. This difficulty in paleontological diagnoses stems from (1) the inability to conduct medical testing, (2) soft-tissue pathologic structures are...

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Main Authors: D. Cary Woodruff, Ewan D. S. Wolff, Mathew J. Wedel, Sophie Dennison, Lawrence M. Witmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05761-3