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| Title |
A gigantic new dinosaur from Argentina and the evolution of the sauropod hind foot
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| Published in |
Scientific Reports, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1038/srep19165 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bernardo J. González Riga, Matthew C. Lamanna, Leonardo D. Ortiz David, Jorge O. Calvo, Juan P. Coria |
| Abstract |
Titanosauria is an exceptionally diverse, globally-distributed clade of sauropod dinosaurs that includes the largest known land animals. Knowledge of titanosaurian pedal structure is critical to understanding the stance and locomotion of these enormous herbivores and, by extension, gigantic terrestrial vertebrates as a whole. However, completely preserved pedes are extremely rare among Titanosauria, especially as regards the truly giant members of the group. Here we describe Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza Province, Argentina. With a powerfully-constructed humerus 1.76 m in length, Notocolossus is one of the largest known dinosaurs. Furthermore, the complete pes of the new taxon exhibits a strikingly compact, homogeneous metatarsus-seemingly adapted for bearing extraordinary weight-and truncated unguals, morphologies that are otherwise unknown in Sauropoda. The pes underwent a near-progressive reduction in the number of phalanges along the line to derived titanosaurs, eventually resulting in the reduced hind foot of these sauropods. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 148 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 21 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 11% |
| United States | 12 | 8% |
| Brazil | 7 | 5% |
| Japan | 6 | 4% |
| Mexico | 4 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| Italy | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 14 | 9% |
| Unknown | 59 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 120 | 81% |
| Scientists | 24 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 18 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 15% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 38 | 48% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 23% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 18 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 239. 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 22 November 2023.
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