Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America

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Luna, Carlos Alberto; Pool, Roy R.; Ercoli, Marcos Darío; Chimento, Nicolás Roberto; Barbosa, Fernando H.; Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo; Cuaranta, Pedro
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2023
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The knowledge of the paleopathologies that affected large mammals during the Pleistocene of South America has increased in the last years, but most of the reported cases belong to the endemic clade Xenarthra. On the contrary, almost no case of diseases is known among representatives of other clades, such as Carnivora. Here we present and describe an inflammatory lesion in a left metacarpal IV assigned to the saber tooth Smilodon populator (Felidae) from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 100 ka; MIS 5) of Northeastern Argentina. The macroscopic and radiologic analyses reveal features consistent with chronic osteomyelitis, which in turn represents the first accurate record of an infectious process in a limb of this predator. This injury presumably caused lameness and loss of toe flexion, and considerably reduced the hunting abilities of this top predator, which used its robust forelimbs, particularly wide forepaws, and powerful back muscles to catch and bring down large prey.
Fil: Luna, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Pool, Roy R.. Texas A&M University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ercoli, Marcos Darío. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; Argentina
Fil: Chimento, Nicolás Roberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Barbosa, Fernando H.. Universidade do Estado de Rio do Janeiro; Brasil
Fil: Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Cuaranta, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
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spelling Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South AmericaLuna, Carlos AlbertoPool, Roy R.Ercoli, Marcos DaríoChimento, Nicolás RobertoBarbosa, Fernando H.Zurita, Alfredo EduardoCuaranta, PedroARGENTINAINFECTIONOSTEOMYELITISPALEOPATHOLOGYQUATERNARYSABERTOOTH CATShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The knowledge of the paleopathologies that affected large mammals during the Pleistocene of South America has increased in the last years, but most of the reported cases belong to the endemic clade Xenarthra. On the contrary, almost no case of diseases is known among representatives of other clades, such as Carnivora. Here we present and describe an inflammatory lesion in a left metacarpal IV assigned to the saber tooth Smilodon populator (Felidae) from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 100 ka; MIS 5) of Northeastern Argentina. The macroscopic and radiologic analyses reveal features consistent with chronic osteomyelitis, which in turn represents the first accurate record of an infectious process in a limb of this predator. This injury presumably caused lameness and loss of toe flexion, and considerably reduced the hunting abilities of this top predator, which used its robust forelimbs, particularly wide forepaws, and powerful back muscles to catch and bring down large prey.Fil: Luna, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Pool, Roy R.. Texas A&M University; Estados UnidosFil: Ercoli, Marcos Darío. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; ArgentinaFil: Chimento, Nicolás Roberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Barbosa, Fernando H.. Universidade do Estado de Rio do Janeiro; BrasilFil: Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Cuaranta, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; ArgentinaElsevier2023-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/225906Luna, Carlos Alberto; Pool, Roy R.; Ercoli, Marcos Darío; Chimento, Nicolás Roberto; Barbosa, Fernando H.; et al.; Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America; Elsevier; Palaeoworld; 5-2023; 1-191871-174XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1871174X23000471info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.05.001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:48:07Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/225906instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:48:07.816CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America
title Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America
spellingShingle Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America
Luna, Carlos Alberto
ARGENTINA
INFECTION
OSTEOMYELITIS
PALEOPATHOLOGY
QUATERNARY
SABERTOOTH CATS
title_short Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America
title_full Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America
title_fullStr Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America
title_full_unstemmed Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America
title_sort Osteomyelitis in the manus of Smilodon populator (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Pleistocene of South America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Luna, Carlos Alberto
Pool, Roy R.
Ercoli, Marcos Darío
Chimento, Nicolás Roberto
Barbosa, Fernando H.
Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo
Cuaranta, Pedro
author Luna, Carlos Alberto
author_facet Luna, Carlos Alberto
Pool, Roy R.
Ercoli, Marcos Darío
Chimento, Nicolás Roberto
Barbosa, Fernando H.
Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo
Cuaranta, Pedro
author_role author
author2 Pool, Roy R.
Ercoli, Marcos Darío
Chimento, Nicolás Roberto
Barbosa, Fernando H.
Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo
Cuaranta, Pedro
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARGENTINA
INFECTION
OSTEOMYELITIS
PALEOPATHOLOGY
QUATERNARY
SABERTOOTH CATS
topic ARGENTINA
INFECTION
OSTEOMYELITIS
PALEOPATHOLOGY
QUATERNARY
SABERTOOTH CATS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The knowledge of the paleopathologies that affected large mammals during the Pleistocene of South America has increased in the last years, but most of the reported cases belong to the endemic clade Xenarthra. On the contrary, almost no case of diseases is known among representatives of other clades, such as Carnivora. Here we present and describe an inflammatory lesion in a left metacarpal IV assigned to the saber tooth Smilodon populator (Felidae) from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 100 ka; MIS 5) of Northeastern Argentina. The macroscopic and radiologic analyses reveal features consistent with chronic osteomyelitis, which in turn represents the first accurate record of an infectious process in a limb of this predator. This injury presumably caused lameness and loss of toe flexion, and considerably reduced the hunting abilities of this top predator, which used its robust forelimbs, particularly wide forepaws, and powerful back muscles to catch and bring down large prey.
Fil: Luna, Carlos Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Pool, Roy R.. Texas A&M University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ercoli, Marcos Darío. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; Argentina
Fil: Chimento, Nicolás Roberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Barbosa, Fernando H.. Universidade do Estado de Rio do Janeiro; Brasil
Fil: Zurita, Alfredo Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Cuaranta, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina
description The knowledge of the paleopathologies that affected large mammals during the Pleistocene of South America has increased in the last years, but most of the reported cases belong to the endemic clade Xenarthra. On the contrary, almost no case of diseases is known among representatives of other clades, such as Carnivora. Here we present and describe an inflammatory lesion in a left metacarpal IV assigned to the saber tooth Smilodon populator (Felidae) from the Late Pleistocene (ca. 100 ka; MIS 5) of Northeastern Argentina. The macroscopic and radiologic analyses reveal features consistent with chronic osteomyelitis, which in turn represents the first accurate record of an infectious process in a limb of this predator. This injury presumably caused lameness and loss of toe flexion, and considerably reduced the hunting abilities of this top predator, which used its robust forelimbs, particularly wide forepaws, and powerful back muscles to catch and bring down large prey.
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