Co-Ossification of Vertebrae in Mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae); Evidence of Habitat Interactions and Susceptibility to Bone Disease
Co-Ossification of Vertebrae in Mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae); Evidence of Habitat Interactions and Susceptibility to Bone Disease
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沧龙（有鳞目，沧龙科）椎骨的共骨化；
DOI：
10.1660/062.118.0309
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发表时间：
2015
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通讯作者：
M. Everhart
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作者：
B. Rothschild;M. Everhart
自 1870 年代末以来，文献中已有涉及沧龙椎骨融合的病理学记载。尽管某些实例可以清楚地证明是由另一种捕食者（通常是鲨鱼）攻击的结果，但在其他标本中更难以辨别病理学的根源。在这里，我们讨论了与沧龙栖息地相互作用的病理学证据，以及影响标本中保存的骨骼的某些疾病的明显易感性。
Pathologies involving the fusion of mosasaur vertebrae have been documented in the literature since the late 1870s. Although some instances can clearly be demonstrated to be the result of an attack by another predator, usually a shark, the source of the pathology is more difficult to discern in other specimens. Here we discuss the evidence for pathologies as the result of interactions with the mosasaur's habitat and the apparent susceptibility of certain kinds of disease affecting the skeleton as preserved in the specimens.