Talk:Erismatopterus

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A fact from Erismatopterus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that young Erismatopterus formed shoals as a likely way to avoid predators?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 23:11, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Eocene fish Erismatopterus has been preserved in shoaling formation?

Source: Mizumoto, N.; Miyata, S.; Pratt, S.C. (2019), "Inferring collective behaviour from a fossilized fish shoal"

ALT1: ... that young Erismatopterus formed shoals as a likely way to avoid predators? Source: Mizumoto, N.; Miyata, S.; Pratt, S.C. (2019), "Inferring collective behaviour from a fossilized fish shoal"
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Meratus blue flycatcher

Created by Kevmin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 350 past nominations.

Kev min § 04:09, 28 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Everything looks good to me. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:50, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]