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| Title |
An Abelisauroid Theropod Dinosaur from the Turonian of Madagascar
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0062047 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andrew A. Farke, Joseph J. W. Sertich |
| Abstract |
Geophysical evidence strongly supports the complete isolation of India and Madagascar (Indo-Madagascar) by ∼100 million years ago, though sparse terrestrial fossil records from these regions prior to ∼70 million years ago have limited insights into their biogeographic history during the Cretaceous. A new theropod dinosaur, Dahalokely tokana, from Turonian-aged (∼90 million years old) strata of northernmost Madagascar is represented by a partial axial column. Autapomorphies include a prominently convex prezygoepipophyseal lamina on cervical vertebrae and a divided infraprezygapophyseal fossa through the mid-dorsal region, among others. Phylogenetic analysis definitively recovers the species as an abelisauroid theropod and weakly as a noasaurid. Dahalokely is the only known dinosaur from the interval during which Indo-Madagascar likely existed as a distinct landmass, but more complete material is needed to evaluate whether or not it is more closely related to later abelisauroids of Indo-Madagascar or those known elsewhere in Gondwana. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 38 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 16% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 8% |
| Australia | 2 | 5% |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| Argentina | 1 | 3% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 12 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 25 | 66% |
| Scientists | 11 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 57 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 12% |
| Other | 7 | 12% |
| Unknown | 9 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 24 | 42% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 28% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 10 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 90. 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 04 December 2022.
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Altmetric has tracked 25,623,883 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
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