sample is called “Dolly” It is found in the southwestern part of the state of Montana in the USA. Its age has been determined to be the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years old. that it double focus Belong to the group sauropodswhich include, among other things leaked brachiosaurus With long necks.
Scientists examined three cervical vertebrae Dolly She experienced an atypical orthopedic operation. Computerized tomography showed that the spurs were made of abnormal bone that likely grew in response to an infection, most likely a fungal one.
The search was conducted by Carrie Woodruff with Dinosaur Museum of the Great Plains and his team. As the American said:
Given the possible symptoms that the dinosaur experienced, it is impossible not to sympathize with Dolly. We all experience the same thing today – cough, shortness of breath and fever. And here we have a 150 million-year-old dinosaur, which is probably He felt as miserable as we feel when we have a respiratory infection.
Scientists believe that a respiratory infection may have resulted from this Aspergillosis, a fungal infection that affects birds and reptiles today. It can lead to bone infections.
According to the researchers, the discovery of the respiratory disease of a dinosaur sheds new light on the history of disease development and helps to better understand the types of infections that dinosaurs were susceptible to.
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