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Queries

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I have inserted some invisible ("commented-out" in Wikispeak) queries and suggestions in the text: they show up in red in this diff. Some further queries

  • "heteromorph ammonite" Does heteromorph" say anything that "non-typical" wouldn't say? A typical coiled ammonite needs to be noted and Polyptichoceras distinguished from it somewhere in this article.
  • What is polyptych-like about this shell? Not every reader will understand -ceras.
  • "Named by Yabe": full names on first introduction, just as in real life.
  • "Polyptychoceras lived and travelled in schools" How this was deduced is at least as interesting as this assertion.
  • "a benthic mode of life". Eating detritus? Any additional detail would subtly remind the reader what "benthic" means.
  • "The body would not have been resistant to the pressing shell." Impenetrable. Weight under water? The shell is not neutrally buoyant? Can't even guess.

Remember, you're speaking to encyclopedia-readers, not marine palaeontologists. --Wetman (talk) 02:38, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]