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| Title |
The Braincase of the Basal Sauropod Dinosaur Spinophorosaurus and 3D Reconstructions of the Cranial Endocast and Inner Ear
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0030060 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fabien Knoll, Lawrence M. Witmer, Francisco Ortega, Ryan C. Ridgely, Daniela Schwarz-Wings |
| Abstract |
Sauropod dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to walk on land, and, as a result, the evolution of their remarkable adaptations has been of great interest. The braincase is of particular interest because it houses the brain and inner ear. However, only a few studies of these structures in sauropods are available to date. Because of the phylogenetic position of Spinophorosaurus nigerensis as a basal eusauropod, the braincase has the potential to provide key evidence on the evolutionary transition relative to other dinosaurs. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 115 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 106 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 22% |
| Researcher | 24 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 19% |
| Unknown | 13 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 56 | 49% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 23% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 14 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 27 April 2022.
All research outputs
#5,956,236
of 22,661,413 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#71,051
of 193,502 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#54,431
of 245,784 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#874
of 3,288 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,661,413 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 193,502 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 3,288 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its contemporaries.