Template:Did you know nominations/Biogeography of paravian dinosaurs

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The result was: promoted by Montanabw(talk) 18:17, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Biogeography of paravian dinosaurs

  • ... that the first known paravian dinosaurs are from China, but they now live on every continent? "A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 217[1]

Moved to mainspace by JacqCLSin (talk). Nominated by Graeme Bartlett (talk) at 21:34, 29 November 2019 (UTC).

  • This comprehensive article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used. I did wonder about the accuracy of the first hook, but I see that our article Bird states that "Based on fossil and biological evidence, most scientists accept that birds are a specialised subgroup of theropod dinosaurs". The article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:22, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
Promoting with first hook, slightly more nuanced ("first known") language is less likely to draw a challenge on the factual nature of the hook. Montanabw(talk) 18:17, 3 January 2020 (UTC)