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| Title |
Ankylosaur Remains from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Northwestern Germany
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0060571 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sven Sachs, Jahn J. Hornung |
| Abstract |
A fragmentary cervico-pectoral lateral spine and partial humerus of an ankylosaur from the Early Cretaceous (early Valanginian) of Gronau in Westfalen, northwestern Germany, are described. The spine shows closest morphological similarities to the characteristic cervical and pectoral spines of Hylaeosaurus armatus from the late Valanginian of England. An extensive comparison of distal humeri among thyreophoran dinosaurs supports systematic differences in the morphology of the distal condyli between Ankylosauria and Stegosauria and a referral of the Gronau specimen to the former. The humerus fragment indicates a rather small individual, probably in the size range of H. armatus, and both specimens are determined herein as ?Hylaeosaurus sp.. A short overview of other purported ankylosaur material from the Berriasian-Valanginian of northwest Germany shows that, aside from the material described herein, only tracks can be attributed to this clade with confidence at present. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Brazil | 1 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 6% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Argentina | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 9 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 67% |
| Scientists | 6 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 30 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 19% |
| Researcher | 6 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 17 | 55% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 December 2023.
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