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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
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)	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
Access Rights	acceso abierto
Derechos de acceso	acceso abierto
License	CC BY-NC
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