Michela Contessi
Biographic Data
| ID | 8945575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michela Contessi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michela |
| FAMILY NAME | Contessi |
| SIGNATURE | CONTESSI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0898-4994 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An injured lion from Kanegra (Slovenia)
Traumatic limb injuries can be lethal for large predators, yet well documented fossil cases showing severe postcranial trauma with demonstrable long-term survival are extremely rare in extinct lions. We report a pathologically remodelled right humerus (MGGC 22655) from the Kanegra sinkhole (Istria, northern Adriatic), providing the first evidence of a juvenile cave lion surviving a complete forelimb fracture into adulthood. Direct U/Th dating on …
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An injured lion from Kanegra (Slovenia)
Traumatic limb injuries can be lethal for large predators, yet well documented fossil cases showing severe postcranial trauma with demonstrable long-term survival are extremely rare in extinct lions. We report a pathologically remodelled right humerus (MGGC 22655) from the Kanegra sinkhole (Istria, northern Adriatic), providing the first evidence of a juvenile cave lion surviving a complete forelimb fracture into adulthood. Direct U/Th dating on …
Bone fractures and treatments (1 work) · Computed tomography (1 work) · Forelimb (1 work) · Hominidae (1 work) · Juvenile (1 work) · Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries (1 work) · Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology (1 work)