A Pathological Tail in a Basal Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from South Africa: Evidence of Traumatic Amputation?

RICHARD J. BUTLER,*,1 ADAMM. YATES,2,3 OLIVERW. M. RAUHUT,1,4 and CHRISTIAN FOTH4; 1GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Richard-Wagner-Strase 10, D-80333 Munich, Germany, r.butler@lrz.uni-muenchen.de; 2Bernard Price Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa; 3Museum of Central Australia, Araluen Cultural Precinct, P.O. Box 3521, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0871, Australia; 4Bayerische Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Richard-Wagner-Strase 10, D-80333 Munich, Germany