Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
College/Unit
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program/Center
Health Research Center
Abstract
We report the first occurrence of congenital scoliosis in an early Permian aquatic parareptile, Stereosternum tumidum from Parana ́ state, Brazil. The spine malformation is caused by a congenital hemivertebra. These observations give insight into the biomechanical aspects of underwater locomotion in an axial skeleton-compromised aquatic amniote. This is the oldest record of a hemivertebra in an aquatic animal.
Digital Commons Citation
Szczygielski, Tomasz; Surmik, Dawid; Kapuscinska, Agnieszka; and Rotheschild, Bruce M., "The oldest record of aquatic amniote congenital scoliosis" (2017). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1458.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1458
Source Citation
Szczygielski T, Surmik D, Kapuścińska A, Rothschild BM (2017) The oldest record of aquatic amniote congenital scoliosis. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0185338. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0185338
Comments
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