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Megarachne

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I've been working on articles on the extinct eurypterids for more than a year. Megarachne, which I got up to GA in February last year, is by far the most popular article within the group, continually getting more page views than the second most popular, Jaekelopterus (which is already at FA). I hope to get Megarachne to FA as well, so am interested in any and all improvements that could be made to the article, be they major or minor. As far as I am aware, the article contains all relevant information known of the animal.

Thanks, Ichthyovenator (talk) 14:12, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Since I already GA reviewed it, I won't have much to add, but I see a bunch of duplinks in the description section (not counting genus names which are ok to duplicate in the cladogram). I also wonder why we need two photos of very similar casts under classification? No close relative that could be shown instead? Some species of Mycterops seem old enough that there should be PD images of them? FunkMonk (talk) 19:48, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the duplinks. Yeah, using two similar photos was just to fill out with images. It should be possible to get images for both Mycterops (1886) and Woodwardopterus (1887), I'll see what I can find. Ichthyovenator (talk) 21:12, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tracked down the original figure used by Cope for the description of Mycterops and added that. Ichthyovenator (talk) 21:22, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! It's always good to include a link on the file source page for verification if possible, by the way. It would probably also be good to mention which genus name "wins" in case of synonymy. FunkMonk (talk) 21:33, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Of course! I added a link for the Mycterops image and cleared up in the article that the winning genus would be Mycterops. Ichthyovenator (talk) 08:32, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Another thing, why refer to it as M. servinei in image captions instead of just Megarachne, when there's only one species? You're not exactly saving letters either by abbreviating, and you don't do it in the article body... FunkMonk (talk) 19:52, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

True. Changed instances of "M. servinei" to "Megarachne". Ichthyovenator (talk) 21:12, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Dunkleosteus77

"through the substrate of bodies of water" if "bodies of water" is supposed to help explain what "substrate" is for laymen, you should probably say "substrate on the lakebed/riverbed/etc." User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Used "riverbeds" which should be correct considering its fossils are from fresh water in a floodplain. Ichthyovenator (talk) 19:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think wikilinking continents and countries is wp:overlink User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Right, removed links on continents and countries. Ichthyovenator (talk) 19:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What are lunules? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Explained lunules. Ichthyovenator (talk) 19:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"subtrapezoid-shaped heads" is that compressed subtrapezoidal or depressed subtrapezoidal? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the source specifies (and it is written before Megarachne was discovered, pertaining to its family in general). Ichthyovenator (talk) 19:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Where were the compound eyes located on the head? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Again, not specified as the source pertains to the entire family but I think their location can be seen by readers in the reconstruction and in the several images of fossil casts in the article. Ichthyovenator (talk) 19:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

For the paragraph starting with "In 2005, a second, more complete specimen..." I don't understand what part and counterpart are supposed to mean User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Added an explanation. Ichthyovenator (talk) 19:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why'd you wikilink Mario Hünicken and Paul A. Selden but not José A Corronca? Also, is Corronca's middle name simply "A" (like Harry S Truman) or is that an abbreviation? User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk 23:41, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Removed links on Hünicken and Selden, added dot after Corronca's A (it stands for Antonio). Ichthyovenator (talk) 19:25, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]