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: 56% complete 10% of all articles rated B-class or better: 68.7% complete 20,000 articles rated Start-class or better: 45.9% 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 22.9% Start-Class 8.5% C-Class 4.6% B-Class 1.2% GA-Class 0.6% FA-Class 0% remaining Article alerts Hot articles 30 edits Kladno Formation 27 edits Last universal common ancestor 25 edits Mosura fentoni 25 edits Mazon Creek fossil beds 23 edits Burmesescorpiops wunpawng 23 edits Snow Hill Island Formation 21 edits Nasutoceratops 10 edits Evolution of human intelligence 10 edits Uncus dzaugisi 10 edits Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 15 May 2025 by HotArticlesBot.

Today's featured article requests 28 Jul 2025 – Edward Drinker Cope (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Did you know 01 May 2025 – Sima de los Huesos hominins (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dunkleosteus77 (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 01 May 2025 – Cladistic classification of Sarcopterygii (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kiwi Rex (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 08 May 2025; see discussion (5 participants) Good article nominees 11 May 2025 – Arambourgiania (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); start discussion 10 May 2025 – Saratovia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LittleLazyLass (t · c); start discussion 05 May 2025 – Stenoplesictis (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion 02 May 2025 – Sima de los Huesos hominins (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Dunkleosteus77 (t · c); start discussion 23 Apr 2025 – Plagiolophus (mammal) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion 19 Apr 2025 – Succinipatopsis (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RenaMoonn (t · c); start discussion 12 Apr 2025 – The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Rusalkii (t · c); see discussion 29 Mar 2025 – Antennipatus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RenaMoonn (t · c); see discussion 24 Mar 2025 – Cretoperipatus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RenaMoonn (t · c); see discussion 07 Feb 2025 – Amphimerycidae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion Peer reviews 05 May 2025 – Amphimeryx (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by PrimalMustelid (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 Articles to be merged 01 Mar 2025 – Epanterias (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Allosaurus by KATgeneral1900 (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 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 04 May 2025 – Draft:Cycliomedusa (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by DevonHalDraedle (t · c) Article quality statistics Palaeontology articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total FA 4 26 21 73 124 FL 1 1 FM 13 13 GA 8 43 32 197 280 B 13 167 162 763 1,105 C 10 156 260 1,647 2,073 Start 1 70 381 5,142 5,594 Stub 11 165 14,168 14,344 List 4 23 53 757 837 Category 5,765 5,765 Disambig 23 23 File 53 53 Portal 693 693 Project 62 62 Redirect 1,897 1,897 Template 480 480 Other 12 12 Assessed 40 497 1,074 22,747 8,998 33,356 Total 40 497 1,074 22,747 8,998 33,356 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 126,201 Ω = 5.37