A pathological tail in a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from South Africa: evidence of traumatic amputation?

Richard J. Butler GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, D-80333, Munich, Germany

Adam M. Yates Bernard Price Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa; Museum of Central Australia, Araluen Cultural Precinct, P.O. Box 3521, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0871, Australia

Oliver W. M. Rauhut GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, D-80333, Munich, Germany; Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, D-80333, Munich, Germany

Christian Foth Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, D-80333, Munich, Germany

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Field work in the Elliot Formation was funded by DFG RA 1012/8-1 to O.W.M.R. We thank J. Desojo, C. Dube, R. Fechner, T. Hübner, S. Lautenschlager, J. Sithole, and C. Yates for field assistance, C. Yates for preparation, B. Zipfel for facilitating access to BP collections, F. Glaw (ZSM) for access to extant crocodilian material, and H. Mallison and A. Farke for discussion. K. Carlson and V. Fernandez (both Palaeosciences Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) conducted CT scanning and helped with processing and visualization of data. B. Rothschild and D. Tanke provided helpful reviews that improved the final manuscript.

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