Pachyarmatherium osteoderms with parasitism - Lima et al 2018

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Pachyarmatherium, Osteoderms of P. brasiliense, external surface. The arrows indicate flea perforations in (A): DEGEO-UFPE 7266; (B): DEGEO-UFPE 7410 and (C): MCC 1515-V. In (A) the dashed line delimits the wear in the main figure probably caused by pitting. hf = hair follicle. Scalebar = 1 cm Deutsch: Pachyarmatherium, Osteoderme von P. brasiliense, äußere Oberfläche. Die Pfeile zeigen durch Flöhe verursachte Löcher an, (A): DEGEO-UFPE 7266; (B): DEGEO-UFPE 7410 and (C): MCC 1515-V. Die Punktlinie in (A) begrenzt Spuren in der zentralen Musterung, die ahrscheinlich durch Lochfraß hervorgerufen wurden. hf = Haarfollikel. Maßstab = 1 cm. Date: 2018. Source: Fábio Cunha Guimarães de Lima and Kleberson de Oliveira Porpino: Ectoparasitism and infections in the exoskeletons of large fossil cingulates. PLoS ONE 13 (10), 2018, pp. e0205656 (fig. 10), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205656. Author: Fábio Cunha Guimarães de Lima and Kleberson de Oliveira Porpino.