Talk:Cartorhynchus

Not an Ichthyosauriform?

According to http://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/cartorhynchus-an-ichthyosaur-mimic-not-a-basal-ichthyosaur/ it is a pachypleurosaur, not a basal ichthyosauiform. 206.87.21.36 (talk) 22:12, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

This website is not a reliable source: [1] When a different vew will be made and published in a reliable publication, as paleontology journals, it will be put in the article.--Rextron (talk) 22:18, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Dunkleosteus77 (talk · contribs) 00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Dunkleosteus77

• Is there currently a quality status marine reptile article?   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

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)

• "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)

• "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)

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)

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)

Done. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

• "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)

Reworded. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 02:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

• 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)

Done. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 02:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

• "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)

Not really. That process would articulate with the postfrontal I think. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

• "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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

• Does the neural spine shape have any functional implications relating to back muscles?   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

None proposed in the literature. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

• homoplasically→homoplasiously?   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Thought these were synonyms? Changed. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

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)

• 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)

Doesn't seem to do that on my screen. Added regardless. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)