Fossil Teeth of Carcharocles megalodon: The Collection of the University Museum of Chieti (Italy). Part II: Paleopathological Analysis

Primer Autor
Viciano, Joan
Co-autores
D'Anastasio, Ruggero#Lopez-Lazaro, Sandra
Título
Fossil Teeth of Carcharocles megalodon: The Collection of the University Museum of Chieti (Italy). Part II: Paleopathological Analysis
Editorial
SOC CHILENA ANATOMIA
Revista
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
Lenguaje
es
Resumen
Paleopathology is the science that studies the origin and evolution of diseases. The interest in this discipline derives from the fact that the frequency and distribution of the pathologies that have affected the extinct species, correlate with their ecology and ethology. This assumption is also valid in the case of Carcharocles megalodon, the largest shark that ever existed, located at the top of the food chain and that lived in temperate seas from the middle Miocene to the Pliocene periods (15.9-2.6 My). In the present article we present the pathological alterations of the teeth of Carcharocles megalodon housed in the University Museum of Chieti (Italy). The collection consists of nine teeth of the upper arch, all of them with pathological alterations corresponding to developmental defects and crown trauma. A particular tooth (specimen #165) presents an anomalous apposition of the enamel on the labial surface, a condition not yet described in the literature. The collection of the University Museum of Chieti enriches the existing relatively poor paleopathological record, and could improve the knowledge of the paleobiology of Carcharocles megalodon.
Tipo de Recurso
Artículo original
doi
10.4067/S0717-95022018000300841
Formato Recurso
pdf
Palabras Claves
Megalodon# Fossil tooth# Lamniformes# Paleopathology# Congenital anomaly# Trauma
Ubicación del archivo
http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95022018000300841
Categoría OCDE
Anatomy & Morphology
Materias
Megalodón# Diente fósil# lamniformes# Paleopatología# Anomalía congénita# Trauma
Disciplinas de la OCDE
Paleontología
Patología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología y Comportamiento Biológico
Id de Web of Science
WOS:000444099600010
Título de la cita (Recomendado-único)
Fossil Teeth of <i>Carcharocles megalodon</i>: The Collection of the University Museum of Chieti (Italy). Part II: Paleopathological Analysis
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Artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)
version publicada
Editorial
SOC CHILENA ANATOMIA
Revista/Libro
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
Categoría WOS
Anatomía y Morfología
ISSN
0717-9502
Idioma
es
Formato
pdf
Tipo de ruta
dorada#verde
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acceso abierto
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acceso abierto
License
CC BY-NC
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Página final (Recomendado-único)
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