A sunken ship of the desert at the river Danube in Tulln, Austria.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25831121.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0121235 and PMC identifier 4382051.
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Abstract
Rescue excavations recovered a skeleton that resurrect the contemporary dramatic history of Austria in the 17th century as troops besieged Vienna in the second Osmanic-Habsburg war. Unique for Central Europe is the evidence of a completely preserved camel skeleton uncovered in a large refuse pit. The male individual of slender stature indicates a few but characteristic pathological changes revealing not a beast of burden but probably a valuable riding animal. Anatomical and morphometrical analyses suggest a hybrid confirmed by the ancient DNA analyses resulting in the presence of a dromedary in the maternal and a Bactrian camel in the paternal line.
Medical subject headings
- Camelus