Talk:Cartorhynchus/GA1

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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]