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ArticleRoyal Society open science2026

Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian

Paul M J Burke, Stephan N F Spiekman, Belal S Salem, Sara Saber, Hesham M Sallam, Philip D Mannion

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Paul M J BurkeDepartment of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-7003
Stephan N F SpiekmanStaatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3197-8752
Belal S SalemMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9403-8792
Sara SaberMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4036-2785
Hesham M SallamMansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (MUVP), Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6584-6312
Philip D MannionDepartment of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9361-6941

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gavialoidea is presently composed of only two extant crocodylian species, the Indian gharial

Indexed as

CrocodyliaGavialoideaMediterraneanneuroanatomyphylogenyTomistoma

Identifiers

PMID42840928
PMCPMC13641911

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