Talk:Cartorhynchus

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Cartorhynchus has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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Not an Ichthyosauriform?

According to http://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/cartorhynchus-an-ichthyosaur-mimic-not-a-basal-ichthyosaur/ it is a pachypleurosaur, not a basal ichthyosauiform. 206.87.21.36 (talk) 22:12, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This website is not a reliable source: [1] When a different vew will be made and published in a reliable publication, as paleontology journals, it will be put in the article.--Rextron (talk) 22:18, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dunkleosteus77 (talk · contribs) 00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dunkleosteus77

Is there currently a quality status marine reptile article? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

By quality, you mean FA/GA? I've personally worked on Elasmosaurus, Brancasaurus, and Dinocephalosaurus, and I know others have been promoted. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 01:22, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"early-diverging" is might be better to just put "early"

Done in the lead, let me know if it should be done elsewhere too. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 02:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"driven to extinction by volcanism and sea level changes" are you talking about the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Although the cause is shared, this is not the Tr-J. It is a minor extinction event that occurred at the Early Triassic-Middle Triassic boundary. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 01:23, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You should specify "by the Middle Triassic" or "at the beginning of the Middle Triassic" User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"During further attempts to remove rock from between the closed jaws, an isolated tooth was discovered; the specimen had previously thought to have been toothless" this sentence is backwards User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reworded. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 02:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Once you get above 12 inches it would better to convert to ft (use |ftin|sigfig=1) User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 02:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"its frontal bone also lacked an expansion at its rear outer corner" is that the eyebrow or something? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. That process would articulate with the postfrontal I think. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Cartorhynchus had 31 pre-sacral vertebrae" you could also say "Excluding the tail, Cartorhynchus had 31 vertebrae" User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is not quite the same. You would include the sacrum in that count. Is "Excluding the tail and hip" better? Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it might be better to just list them all out ("it has x number of neck vertebrae, y thoracic vertebrae, z lumbar...") at the beginning User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 01:02, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I can totally get around talking about presacrals though — see the presacral count discussion. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 02:10, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I know; if you list it all out like above, you've basically just defined presacral, and it's good info to include regardless User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 12:50, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I've just listed the (estimated) cervical and dorsal counts since the taxon doesn't have lumbar verts. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 01:15, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Does the neural spine shape have any functional implications relating to back muscles? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

None proposed in the literature. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

homoplasically→homoplasiously? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thought these were synonyms? Changed. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I never really considered using homoplasy as an adverb before so I'm not sure what exactly it would be User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 01:02, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The last image is pushing the ref list to the left, so maybe you could put in a See also section? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't seem to do that on my screen. Added regardless. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]