Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology

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This WikiProject, WikiProject Palaeontology, aims to organise an effort to expand and improve Wikipedia's coverage of palaeontology-related articles. Please feel free to ask questions on our talk page or our chatroom (Discord server). If you wish to participate in this project, please list your name to participants, and take a look at our open tasks. We are currently working towards five major milestones: 200 featured articles: 62% complete 500 good articles: 55% complete 10% of all articles rated B-class or better: 67.8% complete 20,000 articles rated Start-class or better: 45.6% complete Revision and approval of the 25 taxon articles that were promoted to featured article status before 2010: 8% complete Assessment progression 3.4% List-Class 58.8% Stub-Class 23% Start-Class 8.5% C-Class 4.5% B-Class 1.2% GA-Class 0.6% FA-Class 0% remaining Article alerts Hot articles 35 edits Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi 23 edits 2025 in archosaur paleontology 17 edits Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 15 edits Narrow-nosed rhinoceros 11 edits Dire wolf 10 edits Denisovan 8 edits Neanderthal 8 edits 2025 in paleontology 8 edits Prototaxites 7 edits Barker Scar These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 13 April 2025 by HotArticlesBot.

Did you know 11 Apr 2025 – Keurbos (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by IC1101-Capinatator (t · c); see discussion 09 Apr 2025 – Uncus dzaugisi (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by ZKevinTheCat (t · c); see discussion 13 Feb 2025 – Sequoites dakotensis (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Pbritti (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 30 Mar 2025 – Mureropodia (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by IC1101-Capinatator (t · c) was closed; see discussion (5 participants) Featured article candidates 07 Mar 2025 – Peking Man (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Dunkleosteus77 (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 12 Apr 2025 – The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Rusalkii (t · c); start discussion 29 Mar 2025 – Antennipatus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RenaMoonn (t · c); start discussion 26 Mar 2025 – Kryptops (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); see discussion 24 Mar 2025 – Cretoperipatus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RenaMoonn (t · c); start discussion 08 Feb 2025 – Arundelconodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c); see discussion 07 Feb 2025 – Amphimerycidae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion 07 Feb 2025 – Pseudamphimeryx (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion 03 Apr 2025 – Keurbos (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by IC1101-Capinatator (t · c) was promoted by SlvrHwk (t · c), see discussion Requested moves 12 Apr 2025 – Pteraspidomorphi (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Pteraspidomorpha by Jako96 (t · c); see discussion 11 Apr 2025 – Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Colossal Biosciences' Dire Wolf Project by Blockhaj (t · c); see discussion 02 Apr 2025 – Koonwarra, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Koonwarra by GMH Melbourne (t · c); see discussion 05 Apr 2025 – Late Devonian extinction (talk · edit · hist) move request to Kellwasser event by Hemiauchenia (t · c) was moved to Late Devonian mass extinction (talk · edit · hist) by Reading Beans (t · c) on 12 Apr 2025; see discussion 18 Feb 2025 – Sequoia dakotensis (talk · edit · hist) move request to Sequoites dakotensis by Pbritti (t · c) was moved to Sequoites dakotensis (talk · edit · hist) by Pppery (t · c) on 08 Apr 2025; see discussion Articles to be merged 26 Mar 2025 – Anhangueridae (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ornithocheiridae by LittleLazyLass (t · c); see discussion 26 Mar 2025 – Ornithocheiridae (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Anhangueridae by LittleLazyLass (t · c); see discussion 01 Mar 2025 – Epanterias (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Allosaurus by KATgeneral1900 (t · c); see discussion 26 Feb 2025 – Tatankaceratops (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Triceratops by Junsik1223 (t · c); see discussion 13 Feb 2025 – Thylacosmiliformes (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sparassodonta by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Aristonectinae (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Aristonectidae by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion 26 Jan 2025 – Aristonectidae (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Aristonectinae by Amirani1746 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 21 Aug 2023 – Kota Formation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fritzmann2002 (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 05 Mar 2025 – Draft:Big Joe (dinosaur) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sternenkuker ms (t · c) Article quality statistics Palaeontology articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total FA 4 25 22 73 124 FL 1 1 FM 13 13 GA 8 42 30 195 275 B 13 166 160 748 1,087 C 10 155 260 1,633 2,058 Start 1 70 378 5,127 5,576 Stub 10 167 14,115 14,292 List 4 23 52 751 830 Category 5,710 5,710 Disambig 22 22 File 53 53 Portal 693 693 Project 62 62 Redirect 779 1,118 1,897 Template 469 469 Other 10 10 Assessed 40 492 1,069 23,421 8,150 33,172 Total 40 492 1,069 23,421 8,150 33,172 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 125,675 Ω = 5.37