List of pathological conditions reported in Mesozoic dinosaurs

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This list of pathological conditions reported in Mesozoic dinosaurs enumerates the various types of injury, disease, deformity or parasite infection identified among Mesozoic dinosaur fossils.

Pathology Description Taxa Paleobiological significance Images

Abscesses[1]

Dilophosaurus wetherilli[1]

Amputations[2][3]

Allosaurus and Eubrontes (ichnotaxon)

Ankylosis[2][4][5]

Asymmetrically sized body parts.[6]

Avulsion injuries[5][7]

Block vertebrae[8]

Broken teeth[9][10]

Bone spurs[2][5][11]

Co-Ossification[2]

Cysts[12]

Exostosis[2][8][13][14][15]

Fractured bones[1][2][5][8][11][13][14][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Fused bones[2][8][11][13][16]

Gout[5][22]

Greenstick fractures[17]

Holes in bones[2][5]

Infections[2][8][14][23][24]

Involucra[2]

Lesions[8]

Osteoarthritis[25]

Osteomyelitis[2]

Pseudoarthrosis[8][11][14][17]

Puncture wounds[2][8][12][14][20][21][23][24]

Split carinae in teeth[10][26]

Spondylitis[8]

Stress fractures[27]

Supernumerary tooth crowns[10]

Twisted body parts[12]

See also

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