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First documentation of a greenstick fracture in the fossil record. Possible gout also noted in Arkansaurus fridayii

Bruce Rothschilda Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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H. Wayne Lambertb Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Laboratory Medicine (PALM), Division of Anatomy, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, WV, USAView further author information
Pages 1349-1351 | Received 31 Oct 2019, Accepted 12 Nov 2019, Published online: 27 Nov 2019

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