First case of respiratory infection in dinosaurs

Around 150 million years ago, a long-necked dinosaur in southwest Montana became very ill. The unfortunate sauropod might have endured a sore throat, headaches, and difficulty breathing. 

Although the dinosaur in question is long dead, signs of this sickness are preserved in its neck bones as lumpy growths. These abnormal structures may have been caused by a fungal infection similar to those seen in birds today, a team of paleontologists, veterinarians, and other anatomy specialists have determined. The growths represent the first evidence of a dinosaur respiratory infection…