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Cynical
adj. — "doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile."
n. — "a visionary or a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc."
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Articles written by me
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Coelurosaur Stubs — PRIORITY
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Boldface indicates priority taxa.
12 / 58 completed
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- My sandboxes
- The Coelurosaur Project - Kinnareemimus draft
- Article drafts: Helioscopos
- Workshops: Cladograms, tables etc.
- Alvarezsauroidea draft, Theropoda draft, Paraves draft, Eudromaeosauria draft
Ongoing Work edit
Active Projects edit
- Big cleanup - discussion here
- Overhauls: Paraves then Maniraptora then Coelurosauria
- Priority merges:
- Merge Deinonychosauria into Paraves
- Merge Ornithomimidae and Deinocheiridae into Ornithomimosauria
- Merge Saurornitholestinae, Velociraptorinae, and Dromaeosaurinae into Eudromaeosauria
- Merge Maniraptoriformes into Coelurosauria
- Merge Pennaraptora into Maniraptora
- Ready to merge
- Later:
- Merge into Theropoda: Averostra, Neotheropoda
- Skeleton Crew
- Add anatomical info to Jormungandr walhallaensis
- Add info about P. amitabha to Psittacosaurus
- Create: Eoscincus, Microteras, Helioscopos, Limnoscansor
- Expand Dibothrosuchus
- Cleaning up my own messes
- Paratypes and Neotypes:
- Add other types to marginocephalia
- Add other types to thyreophora
- Completely overhaul: List of lost dinosaur specimens - Adding type specimens from other lists
- Holotypes: Notoceratops, Sinocephale, Alcovasaurus, Heishansaurus, Sauroplites, Stegosaurus madagascariensis, Wuerhosaurus ordosensis, Yingshanosaurus, Massospondylus carinatus, Bruhathkayosaurus, Gongxianosaurus, Anchisaurus polyzelus, Brachiosaurus nougaredi, Gongxianosaurus, Morinosaurus typus, Nopcsaspondylus, Omeisaurus junghsiensis, Plateosaurus engelhardti
- Make diagrams of
- For articles I've improved:
- Skulls: Haplocheirus, Junggarsuchus, Kuru, Xiongguanlong, Zuolong
- Skeletals: Haplocheirus, Junggarsuchus, Kansaignathus, Kuru, Leptorhynchos, Overoraptor, Pamparaptor, Phuwiangvenator, Qiupalong
- Other
- Fix the List of vertebrate fauna of the Maastrichtian stage
- Categorize every dinosaur genus into monotypic or multispecific
- Crusade against speculative stegosaurid shoulder spines
- The only stegosaurs that are confirmed to have parascapular spines are Kentrosaurus, Gigantspinosaurus, Yingshanosaurus, and Alcovasaurus!
- Expand Flaming Cliffs
- Make pages for Tugriken Shireh, Udyn Sayr, Ukhaa Tolgod, and Zamyn Khondt
Contributions edit
Article | Contribution | Status |
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Alvarezsauroidea | Merged with Alvarezsauridae, improved article | |
Citipes | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from start-class | |
Coelophysoidea | Merged with Coelophysidae, added images | |
Haplocheirus | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Junggarsuchus | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Kansaignathus | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Kinnareemimus | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub (WIP) | |
Kuru kulla | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Leptorhynchos gaddisi | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
List of marginocephalian type specimens | Wrote the entire article, maintain the list | |
List of ornithopod type specimens | Wrote the intro paragraphs | |
List of sauropodomorph type specimens | Created and wrote the entire article and maintain the list | |
List of thyreophoran type specimens | Wrote the entire article, maintain the list | |
Overoraptor | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Pamparaptor | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Paraxenisaurus | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Phuwiangvenator | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Qiupalong | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Xiongguanlong | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub | |
Zuolong | Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub |
Uploads to commons
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Licensed Images
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- Useful reference