| Title |
Estimating Impact Forces of Tail Club Strikes by Ankylosaurid Dinosaurs
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006738 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Victoria Megan Arbour |
| Abstract |
It has been assumed that the unusual tail club of ankylosaurid dinosaurs was used actively as a weapon, but the biological feasibility of this behaviour has not been examined in detail. Ankylosaurid tail clubs are composed of interlocking vertebrae, which form the handle, and large terminal osteoderms, which form the knob. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 22% |
| Canada | 3 | 7% |
| Japan | 2 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 26 | 58% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 39 | 87% |
| Scientists | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Chile | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 78 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 23% |
| Unknown | 13 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 39 | 44% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 27% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Engineering | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Unknown | 12 | 14% |