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European Craton. Three principal biofacies
associations in this example are
bryonoderm extended (heterozoan), staffellid-syphonean
(photozoan). and
Meekella-Ortonella (intertidal flat to
stagnant lagoon).
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初 龙 类 中 两 种 新 疾 病 的 发 现 及 其 对 未
来 化 石 病 理 学 研 究 的 意 义 = The discovery
of two novel archosaur diseases
with implications for future paleopathological
exploration. ( 英 文 ). Wolff E
D S. Historical Biology, 2008, 20(3):
185-189
Two novel bone diseases from the archosaur
record were noted during the
course of a survey of archosaur oral pathology.
These abnormalities, pertaining
to abnormal suturing of the crocodilian
palate and ventral mandibular muscle
scarring in tyrannosaurs, are classified
within this paper according to a new
classification system for ancient bone
pathology. Standardization of this type
is suggested for future disease exploration.
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澳 大 利 亚 新 生 代 腕 足 类 壳 上 的 钻 孔 =
Drill holes in Australian Cainozoic
brachiopods. ( 英 文 ). Tuura M; Baumiller
T K; McNamara K J. Historical Biology,
2008, 20(3): 203-212
The fossil record of drill holes in marine
invertebrates has received a considerable
amount of interest from paleontologists,
primarily due to its importance
for reconstructing the history of interactions
between drilling predators and
their prey. Such drill holes have been
described in numerous studies of Paleozoic
brachiopods but rarely in those focusing
on brachiopods of the post-
Paleozoic, a striking pattern given that in
the late Mesozoic and Cainozoic drilling
gastropods diversified and frequencies
of drilled molluscs increased dramatically.
During the past several years,
however, drilled brachiopods were reported
in several studies of the Mesozoic
and Cainozoic, suggesting that this phenomenon
may be more common than
has been previously assumed. Here we
report on 10 genera of brachiopods from
four Cainozoic basins in Australia of
which 7 shows evidence of having been
drilled by predators. Of 298 specimens
examined, 38 contain a single complete
hole. Drilled specimens were identified
in all 4 basins and in all stratigraphic
units. When considered in the context of
recent reports of drilled Cainozoic
brachiopods, these Australian brachiopods
further imply that drilling predation
on these invertebrates was geographically,
taxonomically and temporally
widespread.
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化 石 病 理 学 的 研 究 对 象 是 生 物 特 征 及
其 与 环 境 的 相 互 作 用 , 而 非 生 物 对 其
自 身 的 作 用 = Paleopathologies are features
of an organism and its interaction
with the environment and should not be
treated like organisms unto themselves.
( 英 文 ). Beatty B L; Rothschild B M.
Historical Biology, 2009, 21(3 & 4):
229-233
Though the history of disease has an
evolutionary history in itself, this history
of pathologies, which are physical manifestations
of immune responses to disease
processes, has a history that is intimately
linked to the history of the host
organisms themselves. But many of
these physical manifestations of an organism's
response to disease are related
to aspects of the immune system that are
rooted so deeply in the phylogeny of
vertebrates, or at least amniotes, that one
must exercise caution when interpreting
a pathology as novel. Here, we argue
that the interpretation of paleopathologies
must be founded on the basis of
disease manifestations which relate to
phylogeny, but recognise that much of
this relationship is so deeply rooted that
novel paleopathologies would be rare.
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