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A Gigantic, Exceptionally Complete Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from Southern Patagonia, Argentina

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, September 2014
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Title
A Gigantic, Exceptionally Complete Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from Southern Patagonia, Argentina
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Scientific Reports, September 2014
DOI 10.1038/srep06196
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Authors

Kenneth J. Lacovara, Matthew C. Lamanna, Lucio M. Ibiricu, Jason C. Poole, Elena R. Schroeter, Paul V. Ullmann, Kristyn K. Voegele, Zachary M. Boles, Aja M. Carter, Emma K. Fowler, Victoria M. Egerton, Alison E. Moyer, Christopher L. Coughenour, Jason P. Schein, Jerald D. Harris, Rubén D. Martínez, Fernando E. Novas

Abstract

Titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs were the most diverse and abundant large-bodied herbivores in the southern continents during the final 30 million years of the Mesozoic Era. Several titanosaur species are regarded as the most massive land-living animals yet discovered; nevertheless, nearly all of these giant titanosaurs are known only from very incomplete fossils, hindering a detailed understanding of their anatomy. Here we describe a new and gigantic titanosaur, Dreadnoughtus schrani, from Upper Cretaceous sediments in southern Patagonia, Argentina. Represented by approximately 70% of the postcranial skeleton, plus craniodental remains, Dreadnoughtus is the most complete giant titanosaur yet discovered, and provides new insight into the morphology and evolutionary history of these colossal animals. Furthermore, despite its estimated mass of about 59.3 metric tons, the bone histology of the Dreadnoughtus type specimen reveals that this individual was still growing at the time of death.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 2%
Canada 2 <1%
Chile 2 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 204 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 44 20%
Student > Bachelor 37 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 13%
Student > Master 14 6%
Other 13 6%
Other 39 18%
Unknown 40 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 69 32%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 68 31%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 3%
Environmental Science 5 2%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 2%
Other 18 8%
Unknown 44 20%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1179. 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 16 March 2024.
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#12,310
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Outputs from Scientific Reports
#192
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#61
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