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      Evidence of intestinal parasites of dinosaurs.

      Parasitology
      Animals, Dinosaurs, parasitology, Feces, Fossils, Helminthiasis, Animal, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, veterinary, Paleontology, Protozoan Infections, Animal

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          Protozoan cysts and helminth eggs preserved in a coprolite from the Early Cretaceous Bernissart Iguanodon shaft in Belgium demonstrate that representatives of 3 phyla parasitized dinosaurs by that period. These fossil parasite stages are described and their possible effect on dinosaurs discussed. These findings represent the earliest fossil records of protozoan and helminth parasites of terrestrial vertebrates.

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          16623965
          10.1017/S0031182006000138

          Chemistry
          Animals,Dinosaurs,parasitology,Feces,Fossils,Helminthiasis, Animal,Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic,veterinary,Paleontology,Protozoan Infections, Animal

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