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| Title |
The Extent of the Preserved Feathers on the Four-Winged Dinosaur Microraptor gui under Ultraviolet Light
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0009223 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David W. E. Hone, Helmut Tischlinger, Xing Xu, Fucheng Zhang |
| Abstract |
The holotype of the theropod non-avian dinosaur Microraptor gui from the Early Cretaceous of China shows extensive preservation of feathers in a halo around the body and with flight feathers associated with both the fore and hindlimbs. It has been questioned as to whether or not the feathers did extend into the halo to reach the body, or had disassociated and moved before preservation. This taxon has important implications for the origin of flight in birds and the possibility of a four-winged gliding phase. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 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 | 5 | 36% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 79% |
| Scientists | 3 | 21% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 5% |
| Chile | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 92 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 12% |
| Researcher | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 20% |
| Unknown | 15 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 43 | 39% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 43 | 39% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 17 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 81. 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 21 March 2024.
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#541,265
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#7,404
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#2,069
of 188,119 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#36
of 695 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 225,827 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
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