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| Title |
Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France
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| Published in |
Scientific Reports, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41598-017-13160-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Pascal Godefroit, Géraldine Garcia, Bernard Gomez, Koen Stein, Aude Cincotta, Ulysse Lefèvre, Xavier Valentin |
| Abstract |
Rhabdodontidae is a successful clade of ornithopod dinosaurs, characteristic of Late Cretaceous continental faunas in Europe. A new rhabdodontid from the late Campanian, of southern France, Matheronodon provincialis gen. et sp. nov., is characterized by the extreme enlargement of both its maxillary and dentary teeth, correlated to a drastic reduction in the number of maxillary teeth (4 per generation in MMS/VBN-02-102). The interalveolar septa on the maxilla are alternately present or resorbed ventrally so as to be able to lodge such enlarged teeth. The rhabdodontid dentition and masticatory apparatus were adapted for producing a strict and powerful shearing action, resembling a pair of scissors. With their relatively simple dentition, contrasting with the sophisticated dental batteries in contemporary hadrosaurids, Matheronodon and other rhabdodontids are tentatively interpreted as specialized consumers of tough plant parts rich in sclerenchyma fibers, such as Sabalites and Pandanites. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 80 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 7 | 9% |
| Spain | 5 | 6% |
| France | 5 | 6% |
| United States | 4 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 5% |
| Argentina | 3 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 46 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 64 | 80% |
| Scientists | 15 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 37 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 37 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 19% |
| Researcher | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 9 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 16 | 43% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 27% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 3% |
| Materials Science | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 9 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 285. 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 12 August 2023.
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#125,218
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#1,560
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#2,647
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