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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › tapewormsTapeworms, Trematodes and Other Dinosaur Pests | Smithsonian

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   Tapeworms, Trematodes and Other Dinosaur Pests. In one short section of his book Parasite Rex, science writer Carl Zimmer asked a simple question: "Did tapeworms live in dinosaurs?" There is no ...

2. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › firstFirst Evidence of Parasites in Dinosaur Bones Found

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   Nov 18, 2020 · The discovery was exceptional; it was indeed the first time fossilized parasites had been found in a dinosaur bone. The paleontologists published their findings in Cretaceous Research in October ...

3. www.atlasobscura.com › articles › first-tapeworm-fossilThe First Tapeworm Was Discovered in Amber - Atlas Obscura

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   Apr 3, 2024 · Turns out the parasites used to plague dinosaurs, too. by Charis McGowan April 3, 2024. ... Scientists have discovered traces of tapeworms in fossils before, but never an entire body part. Vargas ...

4. www.scientificamerican.com › article › gruesomeGruesome ‘Blood Worms’ Invaded a Dinosaur’s Leg Bone, Fossil ...

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   Oct 30, 2020 · Its leg bone was so diseased that it had turned spongy, and a particularly gruesome culprit may have been to blame: wormlike parasites wriggling through its bloodstream. Researchers analyzing the ...

5. theconversation.com › the-mighty-dinosaurs-wereThe mighty dinosaurs were bugged by other critters

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   In Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park, and Steven Spielberg’s follow-up movie, dinosaurs were cloned from DNA that was extracted from amber-entombed insects that once fed on dinosaur blood. Unlike in Jurassic Park though, the fossilised biting insects we find today do not contain intact dinosaur DNA, but they do contain fossils of parasites tha...

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   Coprolite is simply the technical term for fossilised poop, and as any parasitologist or veterinarian knows, riffling through poop samples is a routine way for figuring out what parasites are found in an animal. It was through examining samples of fossilised poop that scientists have found evidence for parasitic flukes and roundwormsin dinosaurs. S...

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   For a large animal, a colony of tiny worms are not much of a burden and in low numbers their impact is relatively low. But not all parasites are so benign. For example, palaeontologists examining the jaw bones of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs have found pockmarks similar to those found in birds infected with a single-cell parasite call Trichomonas which ...

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6. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › tick-feasted99-Million-Year-Old Tick That Feasted on Dino Blood Found ...

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   Dec 13, 2017 · First, it gives strong evidence to suggest that dinosaurs raised their young in nests. Second, it suggests that dinosaurs of the Cretaceous age had to deal with parasites like ticks as well.

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   Did dinosaurs have tapeworms?

   • There is no reason to think they didn't. Both the living descendants of dinosaurs ( birds) and their crocodylian cousins harbor tapeworms, Zimmer pointed out, and so it isn't unreasonable to imagine monstrous, prehistoric tapeworms winding their way through dinosaurian intestines.

   Tapeworms, Trematodes and Other Dinosaur Pests

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   Did dinosaurs have worms?

   • Some giant sauropod dinosaurs might have had giant tapeworms, but it is just as likely that their guts and other organs would have had been filled with millions of tiny roundworms and flukes. For a large animal, a colony of tiny worms are not much of a burden and in low numbers their impact is relatively low. But not all parasites are so benign.

   The mighty dinosaurs were bugged by other critters

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   Did dinosaurs have parasitic flukes and roundworms?

   • It was through examining samples of fossilised poop that scientists have found evidence for parasitic flukes and roundworms in dinosaurs. So how big did these parasite get?

   The mighty dinosaurs were bugged by other critters

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   What kind of parasites infected dinosaurs?

   • Fortunately, there is growing interest in the study of fossil parasites, and there are some fossils which give us a glimpse at what kind of parasites infected dinosaurs. One source of fossilised parasites is amber, which is fossilised tree sap. Some bits of amber can contain insects that became entrapped millions of years ago.

   The mighty dinosaurs were bugged by other critters

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   Did dinosaurs eat parasitic worms?

   • There might be a Velociraptor which had been lagging behind in the pack because it had fallen ill from dino-malaria, or a Tyrannosaurus rex chomping on the rump of a Triceratops might have swallowed a whole load of parasitic worm larvae with every mouthful. A Jurassic World full of dinosaurs is incomplete without its share of prehistoric parasites.

   The mighty dinosaurs were bugged by other critters

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   Did Aureliano find parasites in a dinosaur bone?

   • The team of experts they assembled confirmed what Aureliano suspected: There were microfossils in the bone. The discovery was exceptional; it was indeed the first time fossilized parasites had been found in a dinosaur bone. The paleontologists published their findings in Cretaceous Research in October.

   First Evidence of Parasites in Dinosaur Bones Found

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8. www.snexplores.org › article › parasites-wormedParasites wormed their way into dino’s gut

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   Jul 22, 2016 · July 22, 2016 at 6:00 am. Inside the fossilized guts of a 77-million-year-old dinosaur, scientists have spotted a surprise. The dino’s stomach is crisscrossed with thin tunnels. These may be the once-slimy trails of parasitic worms. Like ticks and fleas, these worms would have been parasites — biological hitchhikers that steal a meal from ...