Common avian infection plagued the tyrant dinosaurs.

<h4>Background</h4>Tyrannosaurus rex and other tyrannosaurid fossils often display multiple, smooth-edged full-thickness erosive lesions on the mandible, either unilaterally or bilaterally. The cause of these lesions in the Tyrannosaurus rex specimen FMNH PR2081 (known informally by the...

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Main Authors: Ewan D S Wolff, Steven W Salisbury, John R Horner, David J Varricchio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19789646/pdf/?tool=EBI