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Osteopathologies in fossil record as a vector of paleoecological and paleoepidemiological information

2019/32/C/NZ4/00150

Keywords:

osteopathology paleopathology

Descriptors:

  • ST10_8: Paleontology, stratigraphy, geochronology
  • NZ4_5: Anatomical pathology

Panel:

NZ4 - Biology of tissues, organs and organisms: morphology and functions of animal's and human's systems, organs and organisms, experimental medicine, basics of neurology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Wydział Nauk Przyrodniczych

woj. śląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Dawid Surmik 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: SONATINA 3 - announced on 2018-12-14

Amount awarded: 772 070 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-10-14

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-12-13

Project duration:: 38 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (9)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (12)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Bone abnormalities in the middle Anisian marine sauropsids from Winterswijk
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Tomasz Szczygielski, Justyna Słowiak-Morkovina, Paul Martin Sander, Bruce Rothschild, Piotr Duda, Nicole Klein
    Academic press:
    Journal of Morphology (rok: 2022, tom: 284 (2), strony: e21550 (1-17)), Wydawca: John Wiley & Sons
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/jmor.21550 - link to the publication
  2. Echinococcal hydatid cysts in a Pleistocene Camel
    Authors:
    Bruce Rothschild, Dawid Surmik
    Academic press:
    Historical Biology - An International Journal of Paleobiology (rok: 2020, tom: b.d., strony: b.d.), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/08912963.2020.1792896 - link to the publication
  3. Dinosaur senescence: a hadrosauroid with age-related diseases brings a new perspective of "old" dinosaurs
    Authors:
    Justyna Słowiak, Tomasz Szczygielski, Bruce M. Rothschild, Dawid Surmik
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2021, tom: 11, strony: 11947), Wydawca: Nature Research
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-021-91366-1 - link to the publication
  4. An awkward contaminant: are mercury concentrations in historically collected fossils a result of storage conditions?
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Jerzy Cabała, Katarzyna Balin, Jacek Szade
    Academic press:
    Geology, Geophysics and Environment (rok: 2022, tom: 48 (1), strony: 39-49), Wydawca: Wydawnictwo AGH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7494/geol.2022.48.1.39 - link to the publication
  5. The first record of fossilized soft parts in ossified tendons and implications for the understanding of tendon mineralization
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Justyna Słowiak-Morkovina, Tomasz Szczygielski, Marcin Wojtyniak, Dorota Środek, Mateusz Dulski, Katarzyna Balin, Tomasz Krzykawski, Roman Pawlicki
    Academic press:
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (rok: 2023, tom: N/A, strony: 45311), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
    DOI:
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad001 - link to the publication
  6. A regurgitalite of the Middle Triassic (Muschelkalk) from Upper Silesia (Poland)
    Authors:
    Robert Niedźwiedzki, Dawid Surmik, Agnieszka Chećko, Mariusz A. Salamon
    Academic press:
    Geology, Geophysics & Environment (rok: 2021, tom: 47 (1), strony: 33-40), Wydawca: Wydawnictwo AGH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7494/geol.2021.47.1.33 - link to the publication
  7. An insight into cancer palaeobiology: does the Mesozoic neoplasm support tissue organization field theory of tumorigenesis?
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Justyna Słowiak-Morkovina, Tomasz Szczygielski, Maciej Kamaszewski, Sudipta Kalita, Elżbieta M. Teschner, Dawid Dróżdż, Piotr Duda, Bruce M. Rothschild, Dorota Konietzko‑Meier
    Academic press:
    BMC Ecology and Evolution (rok: 2022, tom: 22, strony: 143 (1-13)), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s12862-022-02098-3 - link to the publication
  8. Bone histology of Proneusticosaurus (Diapsida, Eosauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Poland reveals new insights into taxonomic affinities
    Authors:
    Nicole Klein, Dawid Surmik
    Academic press:
    Acta Palaeontological Polonica (rok: 2021, tom: 66 (3), strony: 585-598), Wydawca: Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.4202/app.00850.2020 - link to the publication
  9. Comparative actualistic study hints at origins of alleged Miocene coprolites of Poland
    Authors:
    Tomasz Brachaniec, Dorota Środek, Dawid Surmik, Robert Niedźwiedzki, Georgios L. Georgalis, Bartosz J. Płachno, Piotr Duda, Alexander Lukeneder, Przemysław Gorzelak, Mariusz A. Salamon
    Academic press:
    PeerJ (rok: 2022, tom: 10, strony: e13652), Wydawca: PeerJ
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7717/peerj.13652 - link to the publication
  1. Bitemarks on the heads, traumas of the legs: paleopathology in Tarbosaurus bataar (Dinosauria, Tyrannosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia
    Authors:
    Justyna Słowiak-Morkovina, Tomasz Szczygielski, Dawid Surmik, Bruce Max Rothschild
    Conference:
    82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (rok: 2022, ), Wydawca: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
    Data:
    konferencja 2-5 listopada
    Status:
    Published
  2. Multi-scale study of ossified tendons of Late Cretaceous ornithischians
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Justyna Słowiak, Tomasz Szczygielski, Dorota Środek, Marcin Wojtyniak, Roman Pawlicki
    Conference:
    81st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
    Data:
    konferencja 1-5 listopada 2021
    Status:
    Published
  3. Neotaphonomical observation of a bone bed formation in a river bed
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Marta Chmielewska, Tomasz Witecki, Michał Zatoń
    Conference:
    19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (rok: 2022, ), Wydawca: Università degli Studi di Firenze
    Data:
    konferencja 27 czerwca - 2 lipca
    Status:
    Published
  4. Recycling hemoglobin? – preservation of Tarbosaurus bataar bone microstructures in iron oxides
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Fabian Gäb, Mariola Kadziolka-Gaweł, Mateusz Dulski, Martin Sander, Justyna Słowiak-Morkovina, Tomasz Szczygielski, Roman Pawlicki
    Conference:
    82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (rok: 2022, ), Wydawca: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
    Data:
    konferencja 2-5 listopada
    Status:
    Published
  5. Unique internal anatomy of cervical vertebrae discovered in Triassic archosauromorphs from Central Europe
    Authors:
    Adam Rytel, Dawid Surmik, Tomasz Szczygielski, Torsten Scheyer
    Conference:
    Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2023 Annual Meeting (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
    Data:
    konferencja 18-21 października
    Status:
    Published
  6. A hadrosauroid with age-related diseases brings a new perspective on dinosaur senescence
    Authors:
    Justyna Słowiak, Tomasz Szczygielski, Bruce M. Rothschild, Dawid Surmik
    Conference:
    81st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
    Data:
    konferencja 1-5 listopada 2021
    Status:
    Published
  7. How to identify a senile dinosaur? The importance of age-related diseases for the age determination in non-avian dinosaurs
    Authors:
    Justyna Słowiak, Tomasz Szczygielski, Bruce M. Rothschild, Dawid Surmik
    Conference:
    Progressive Palaeontology 2021 (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: Palaeontological Association
    Data:
    konferencja 17-19 czerwca 2021
    Status:
    Published
  8. Work in progress: Shell pathology in Jurassic marine turtles
    Authors:
    Tomasz Szczygielski Justyna Słowiak, Dawid Surmik
    Conference:
    9th International Meeting on the Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    Data:
    konferencja 19-23 kwietnia 2021
    Status:
    Published
  9. A though turtle - healed damage on a Mongolemys shell from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia
    Authors:
    Tomasz Szczygielski, Dawid Surmik
    Conference:
    Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80th Annual Meeting - Virtual 2020 (rok: 2020, ), Wydawca: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
    Data:
    konferencja 12-16 października
    Status:
    Published
  10. Malignant neoplasm in metoposaurus vertebra
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Dorota Konietzko-Meier, Justyna Słowiak-Morkovina, Tomasz Szczygielski, Sudipta Kalita, Elżbieta M. Teschner, Dawid Dróżdż, Bruce M. Rothschild
    Conference:
    19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (rok: 2022, ), Wydawca: Università degli Studi di Firenze
    Data:
    konferencja 27 czerwca - 2 lipca
    Status:
    Published
  11. Paleo-Pathophysiology: A Multidisciplinary-Based Dig Deep Into Fossil Bone
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Bruce Rothschild, Tomasz Szczygielski, Maciej Zubko, Mateusz Dulski, Marcin Wojtyniak, Piotr Duda
    Conference:
    Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80th Annual Meeting - Virtual 2020 (rok: 2020, ), Wydawca: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
    Data:
    konferencja 12-16 października
    Status:
    Published
  12. Paleoepidemiology of the Eosauropterygia from the Vossenveld Formation (Triassic, Anisian), Winterswijk, The Netherlands
    Authors:
    Dawid Surmik, Tomasz Szczygielski, Nicole Klein, Bruce Rothschild
    Conference:
    9th International Meeting on the Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    Data:
    konferencja 19-23 kwietnia 2021
    Status:
    Published
  1. (kompletna książka)
    Authors:
    Bruce M. Rothschild , Dawid Surmik , Filippo Bertozzo
    Book:
    Modern Paleopathology, The Study of Diagnostic Approach to Ancient Diseases, their Pathology and Epidemiology (rok: 2023, tom: (kompletna książka), strony: 872), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published