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.

The list

Pathology Description Taxa Paleobiological significance Images Abscesses Dilophosaurus wetherilli Amputations Allosaurus and Eubrontes (ichnotaxon) Ankylosis Asymmetrically sized body parts. Avulsion injuries Block vertebrae Broken teeth Bone spurs Co-Ossification Cysts Exostosis Fractured bones Fused bones Gout Greenstick fractures Holes in bones Infections Involucra Lesions Osteoarthritis Osteomyelitis Pseudoarthrosis Puncture wounds Split carinae in teeth Spondylitis Stress fractures Supernumerary tooth crowns Twisted body parts

See also

List of pathological dinosaur specimens Theropod paleopathology

Footnotes

References Molnar, R. E., 2001, Theropod paleopathology: a literature survey, In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 337-363. Rothschild, B., Tanke, D. H., and Ford, T. L., 2001, Theropod stress fractures and tendon avulsions as a clue to activity, In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 331-336.