Rare facial tumor found in dinosaur fossil
Scientists say they have found the first evidence of facial tumors in the fossil record. Researchers have discovered the fossils of a dwarf dinosaur suffering from a growth on its face in central Romania a decade ago. The cause of the growth has not been clear so far.
According to a study published in the journal “Scientific Reports”, CT scanning revealed that the dinosaur had a disorder involving abnormal tissue growing on its jaw, a condition present in some humans and other animals today.
The non-cancerous tumor affected a young duck-billed dinosaur that lived some 67 million years ago.
The tumor in this dinosaur had not developed to its full extent at the moment it died, but it could have indirectly contributed to its early death.
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