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52 THE DINOSADRS OF \i\ YOMING<br />

and there is an unusual ventral growth, which is unequal,<br />

being larger on one side.<br />

d<br />

FIGURE 13.-DISEASE AMONG THE DINOSAURS<br />

(a) A diseased joint in the tail <strong>of</strong> a sauropod Dinosaur.<br />

(b) <strong>The</strong> Dinosaur Tumor shown in Figure 14.<br />

(c) Dinosaur shoulder blade from <strong>Wyoming</strong> showing unusual opening.<br />

(d) Outline sketch <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the huge sauropod <strong>Dinosaurs</strong> to show, at the arrow,<br />

the location <strong>of</strong> the tumor in the tail.<br />

Sawn sections (Figure 16) show the presence <strong>of</strong> numerous<br />

large and small vascular spaces, which are especially large and<br />

numerous near the point where the normal intervertebral<br />

space had been.

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