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Tuberculosis-like respiratory infection in 245-million-year-old marine reptile suggested by bone pathologies

An absence of ancient archaeological and palaeontological evidence of pneumonia contrasts with its recognition in the more recent archaeological record. We document an apparent infection-mediated periosteal reaction affecting the dorsal ribs in a Middle Triassic eosauropterygian historically referre...

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Autores principales: Surmik, Dawid, Szczygielski, Tomasz, Janiszewska, Katarzyna, Rothschild, Bruce M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6030318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30110474
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180225