Open AccessPost-microtraumatic cervical osteoarthritis in a cretaceous dinosaur
Author(s) -
Ruggero D’Anastasio,
Luigi Capasso
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
reumatismo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.294
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2240-2683
pISSN - 0048-7449
DOI - 10.4081/reumatismo.2004.124
Subject(s) - medicine , cretaceous , osteoarthritis , radiography , vertebra , sauropoda , paleontology , radiology , anatomy , geology , pathology , alternative medicine
The Authors describe a very rare case of osteoarthritis in a cervical vertebra of a cretaceous dinosaur (Spinosaurus maroccanus). Besides it is one of the most ancient case of osteoarthritis published up today. The fossil record was studied through macroscopic and radiographic analyses and tomography (TAC)