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ArticleNature2023

The oldest three-dimensionally preserved vertebrate neurocranium.

Richard P Dearden, Agnese Lanzetti, Sam Giles, Zerina Johanson, Andy S Jones, Stephan Lautenschlager, Emma Randle, Ivan J Sansom

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Re-make, re-model: evolution and development of vertebrate cranial lateral lines.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Richard P DeardenSchool of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. r.dearden@bham.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-3522-7304
Agnese LanzettiSchool of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1364-0544
Sam GilesSchool of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9267-4392
Zerina JohansonNatural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8444-6776
Andy S JonesSchool of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9118-5965
Stephan LautenschlagerSchool of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3472-814X
Emma RandleSchool of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6571-5491
Ivan J SansomSchool of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3043-8989
University of Birmingham · GBNatural History Museum · GBNaturalis Biodiversity Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurocranium is an integral part of the vertebrate head, itself a major evolutionary innovation

Indexed as

FossilsPhylogenySkullVertebratesAnimalsCartilageColoradoHagfishesImaging, Three-DimensionalLampreysMouthOlfactory BulbPineal GlandTomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed

Identifiers

PMID37730987
PMCPMC10533405
OpenAlexW4386885761

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