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The cranial osteology of Concavenator corcovatus (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain

Publicated to:CRETACEOUS RESEARCH. 91 176-194 - 2018-11-01 91(), DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.007

Authors: Cuesta E; Vidal D; Ortega F; Sanz J

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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - Author

Abstract

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Concavenator corcovatus is a carcharodontosaurid dinosaur represented by an almost complete and articulated skeleton from the ‘Las Hoyas’ fossil site (Lower Cretaceous, Spain). The skull of Concavenator is almost complete, missing only the anteriormost and posteriormost regions. Here, a review of the cranial anatomy of Concavenator has been carried out to test its phylogenetic relationships. This description provides a detailed revision of the cranial anatomy of carcharodontosaurids, which is relevant to their general phylogenetic relationships. The results show that the skull of Concavenator has several carcharodontosaurid synapomorphies such as: (1) a lacrimal-postorbital contact, (2) a well-developed postorbital boss, (3) anteroventrally oriented postorbital ventral process, (4) an intraorbital process in the postorbital, (5) rostrally projected roughness in the dorsal surface of the postorbital, (6) a notch in the ascending ramus of the maxilla, (7) a sulcus on the anterior margin of the lacrimal ventral ramus, (8) curved dorsal surface of the lacrimal, and (9) fused frontal-parietal contact. Finally, Concavenator has three cranial autapomorphies: (1) connection between the different recesses on the lateral surface of the nasal, (2) elongated and acuminate posterior narial fossa, and (3) a rounded morphology of the ventral surface of the postorbital boss. In addition, anatomical comparison has enabled to create a complete 3D reconstruction of the skull of Concavenator.

Keywords
AnatomyCarcharodontosauridaeDinosaurLas hoyasLower cretaceous

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal CRETACEOUS RESEARCH due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 7/56, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Paleontology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.13, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 2.28 (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-17, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 8
  • Scopus: 13
  • OpenCitations: 6
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-17:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 34.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 34 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 98.73.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 126 (Altmetric).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (CUESTA FIDALGO, ELENA) .