There are several duplicated links in the article.
Fixed. Had to temporarily remove the lead during editing with Ctrl C, since apparently it's the only way to get the "highlight duplicate links" function to ignore links there.
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History of research
"Early Cretaceous Period" "Period" should be in lower case.
Done and fixed in the lead as well. Looks like this is a mistake I've been doing in several articles (especially since I usually write
stage in lower case)... So I'll be changing that in those pages as well.
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼10:07, 11 May 2020 (UTC)reply
"Yoshitsugu Kobayashi of Hokkaido University" shouldn't it be "Yoshitsugu Kobayashi of the Hokkaido University"?
"fellow Thai dinosaurs Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae, Siamotyrannus isanensis, and Psittacosaurus sattayaraki" this is optional, but I think links should also include the specific name.
If I mention full species names, I'd link the whole thing. There is no guarantee a given species will stay in a given genus forever, so only linking the genus is problematic (I know most dinosaurs are monotypic, but that's not always the case).
FunkMonk (
talk)
10:09, 11 May 2020 (UTC)reply
"Spanish palaeontologists Rubén Molina-Pérez" I have always doubted how to treat names with two surnames in citations, so this point is not necessary, but Spanish names do not usually carry a hyphen between them. This also happens in Hou Lian-Hai, but I don't know if this is valid in Chinese names.
Molina-Pérez is hyphenated in most sources (
[1][2], including the cover of the book
[3]). It appears hyphens are also valid in Chinese names, as per this source
[4], as well as papers and databases his name appears in (
[5][6][7]).
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼10:07, 11 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Done for the first two. I think most people know what scavenging means but reworded it for clarity to "though this could also represent evidence of
scavenging." with an added link.
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼10:07, 11 May 2020 (UTC)reply
"series of spinosaurid caudal (tail) vertebrae" since "caudal" is an adjective, the explanation could be changed to something like "belonging/related to the tail" or "of the tail" or something like that.
"The holotype tooth is relatively straight, with only minor front to back curvature." with only a minor front to back curvature?
Gave it a look. There's 244 Google search results for "with only minor curvature"
[8] (some of which are from palaeontological papers) but only 7 for "with only a minor curvature"
[9].
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼10:07, 11 May 2020 (UTC)reply
"The Siamosaurus morphotype also shares with Siamosaurus suteethorni, GMNH-PV-999, and IVPP V 4793 a wrinkled enamel surface, and between 12 to 15 flutes on each side." I think a comma should go after IVPP V 4793.
I still think there should be one. I'd remove the comma in "enamel surface, and between", but I know this is serial comma and it's fine if you don't want to.
SuperΨDro11:16, 12 May 2020 (UTC)reply
I suggested this so that you can include another comma after IVPP V 4793, but the phrase looks better now so it is not necessary.
SuperΨDro11:14, 14 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Explain "matrix".
Already linked and not too necessary for the subject being discussed in this paragraph. I think readers should get a good idea from the "rock" part before anyways.
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼10:07, 11 May 2020 (UTC)reply
"a redescription of the genus' validity is currently being prepared by Buffetaut." does this mean that more information will be added to this article? I'm just asking out of curiosity, this will not affect the review.
When the redescription is published, yeah, probably. Unfortunately not sure when it's coming out. Depending on the results of the paper, the "potentially dubious" part of the article lead could be removed as well.
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼21:03, 12 May 2020 (UTC)reply
"skeleton from the Gres superieurs Formation of Laos" this should be "Grès supérieurs Formation".
"member of the subfamily in 2019, their cladogram can be seen below:" I'd use a semicolon here instead of a comma. Also, another question, if Spinosauridae is divided into two subfamilies, why its article doesn't mention Baryonychinae in the taxobox?
Used semicolon. The removal of Baryonychinae from the
Spinosauridae taxobox was apparently done due to the fact that its monophyly has been cast into doubt by some researchers (mainly Sales and Schultz), thus making it not entirely accepted within palaeontological circles as an unquestionably valid grouping. Clarified this in the article, since the study was briefly mentioned but lacked detail or the reasoning behind their analysis.
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼21:03, 12 May 2020 (UTC)reply
More on that, Lythronaxargestes recently re-added to the taxobox (Note that Suchosaurus and Cristatusaurus were also placed within it afterwards). With a question mark it works quite well actually.
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Interesting. And the rest (Ostafrikasaurus and Camarillasaurus) are basal genera? Asking so I get a bit more familiarized with spinosaurids.
SuperΨDro09:23, 13 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Yep, Ostafrikasaurus is the most basal one known (besides possible Middle Jurassic spinosaur teeth from Niger). Camarillasaurus—if it is indeed a spinosaurid—is probably not that basal since it's from the
Barremian and shares some similarities with Spinosaurus.
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼09:51, 13 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Palaeobiology
"similar to that of modern Gharials." lower case here.
Perhaps explain "ecological niche", but I don't know how common is this in dinosaur paleontology.
It's pretty common, but reworded for a little more clarity to "Therefore, Lauprasert suggested that Siamosaurus—as a piscivorous predator—could have replaced the ecological niche of contemporaneous long-snouted crocodilians."
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼12:00, 14 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Palaeoenvironment and palaeobiogeography
Almost flawless section... "between theIchthyovenator and the European genus Vallibonavenatrix." remove "the".
Excellent article, passing now. Judging by your userpage, you want to nominate this one to FA. I will try to remember to support the article, but if I don't, you can ping me. Congrats!
SuperΨDro14:12, 14 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Many thanks for the kind words and the great review! Will do! Probably putting it up for peer review before FAC; it's a long article so just wanna make sure I'm not missing any potentially big changes. Cheers!
▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼15:05, 14 May 2020 (UTC)reply