Vertebral fusion in two Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Lufeg Formation of Yunnan, China

• Autorzy: Xing L. , Rothschild B.M. , Ran H. , Miyashita T. , Scott Persons IV W. , Sekiya T. , Zhang J. , Wang T. , Dong Z.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Here we describe two instances of pathological vertebral fusion in two genera of sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic Lufeng Formation in Yunnan, China. The first is a specimen, of Lufengosaurus huenei with two fused cervical vertebrae, and the other is a specimen of the Lufeng basal sauropod, with two fused caudal vertebrae. Both pathologies are consistent with spondyloarthropathy and represent the earliest known occurrence of that disease in dinosaurs. The two specimens affirm that early dinosaurs suffered from the same bone diseases as living vertebrates. Spondyloarthropathy in these dinosaurs may have been induced by long-term mechanical stress, such as weight bearing, and/or limited motion at the joint that would otherwise have inhibited such remodeling. In both cases, surface remodeling suggests that the animals survived well beyond the initiation of spondyloarthropathy.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 60
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.643-649,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

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Xing L.

• School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, 100083 Beijing, China

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Rothschild B.M.

• Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA

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Ran H.

• Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, 541004 Guilin, China

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Miyashita T.

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, 11455 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada

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Scott Persons IV W.

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, 11455 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada

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Sekiya T.

• Zigong Dinosaur Museum, 643013 Zigong, Sichuan, China

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Zhang J.

• School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, 100083 Beijing, China

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Wang T.

• Dinosaur Museum of World Dinosaur Valley Park, 651200 Lufeng, China

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Dong Z.

• Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleonthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044 Beijing, China

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10.4202/app.00001.2013