Scientists find first-ever dinosaur face tumor

JULY 5, 2016

by Brett Smith

Paleontologists have discovered the first-ever evidence of a tumor on the face of a dinosaur, according to a new paper in Scientific Reports.

Found on a fossil of the duck-billed dwarf dinosaur Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus, the tumor was determined to be non-cancerous and of a type commonly found in modern-day mammals, including humans.

"This discovery is the first ever described in the fossil record and the first to be thoroughly documented in a dwarf dinosaur,” Kate Acheson, a PhD student at the University of Southampton, said in a news release. “Telmatosaurus is known to be close to the root of the duck-billed dinosaur family tree, and the presence of such a deformity early in their evolution provides us with further evidence that the duck-billed dinosaurs were more prone to tumors than other dinosaurs."

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Toothy Tumor Found in 1,600-Year-Old Roman Corpse

Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor

Date: 21 January 2013 Time: 09:09 AM ET

In a necropolis in Spain, archaeologists have found the remains of a Roman woman who died in her 30s with a calcified tumor in her pelvis, a bone and four deformed teeth embedded within it.

Two of the teeth are still attached to the wall of the tumor researchers say.

The woman, who died some 1,600 years ago, had a condition known today as an ovarian teratoma which, as its name indicates, occurs in the ovaries . The word Teratoma comes from the Greek words "teras" and "onkoma" which translate to "monster" and "swelling," respectively. The tumor is about 1.7 inches (44 millimeters) in diameter at its largest point.

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