Extinct Western Camel (Camelops hesternus) Fact Sheet: Diseases & Pathology

Abnormalities in fossils bones may show
evidence of arthritis, cancer, nutritional stress, fractures and more. 

• Osteoarthritis was absent in Camelops bones from Natural Trap Cave in Wyoming (Rothschild 2003)
  
• Osteoarthritis was present in toe bones of an old age Camelops trapped in a Late Pleistocene fissure deposit in New Mexico. (Morgan et al 2005)

Morgan et al. (2005)
Rothschild (2003)