2021.02.04

Blood Worms

A titanosaur fibula hosts what look like dozens of tiny parasites

A tiitanosaur’s nasty bone condition (1) may have come from wormlike invaders (2). / HUGO CAFASSO (1); FROM “BLOOD PARASITES AND ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS IN A NON-AVIAN DINOSAUR (SAUROPODA, TITANOSAURIA) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS ADAMANTINA FORMATION, BAURU BASIN, SOUTHEAST BRAZIL,” BY TITO AURELIANO ET AL., IN CRETACEOUS RESEARCH, VOL. 118; FEBRUARY 2021 (2)

A tiitanosaur’s nasty bone condition (1) may have come from wormlike invaders (2). / HUGO CAFASSO (1); FROM “BLOOD PARASITES AND ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS IN A NON-AVIAN DINOSAUR (SAUROPODA, TITANOSAURIA) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS ADAMANTINA FORMATION, BAURU BASIN, SOUTHEAST BRAZIL,” BY TITO AURELIANO ET AL., IN CRETACEOUS RESEARCH, VOL. 118; FEBRUARY 2021 (2)

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