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: 56.8% complete 10% of all articles rated B-class or better: 69.2% complete 20,000 articles rated Start-class or better: 46.3% 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 58.6% Stub-Class 23% Start-Class 8.5% C-Class 4.6% B-Class 1.2% GA-Class 0.6% FA-Class 0% remaining Article alerts Hot articles 35 edits Timeline of Earth estimates 22 edits Allosaurus 16 edits Fernatator 14 edits Khankhuuluu 14 edits Arctotherium 14 edits Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene 13 edits Pseudastacus 12 edits Proceratosaurus 11 edits Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 11 edits Astigmasaura These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last three days. Last updated 15 June 2025 by HotArticlesBot.

Did you know 13 Jun 2025 – Eocarcharia (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Augustios Paleo (t · c); see discussion 12 Jun 2025 – Bohlenia (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kevmin (t · c); see discussion 15 May 2025 – Holocephali (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gasmasque (t · c); see discussion Featured article candidates 20 May 2025 – Proceratosaurus (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 05 Jun 2025 – Apataelurus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Independentgeoscience (t · c); see discussion 04 Jun 2025 – Harpactognathus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); start discussion 11 May 2025 – Arambourgiania (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); see discussion 10 May 2025 – Saratovia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LittleLazyLass (t · c); see discussion 05 May 2025 – Stenoplesictis (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see 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); see discussion 07 Feb 2025 – Amphimerycidae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion 03 Jun 2025 – Lotheridium (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Olmagon (t · c) was promoted by Augustios Paleo (t · c), see discussion Good topic candidates 23 May 2025 – Apatosaurinae (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 08 Jun 2025 – Pennsylvanian (geology) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Pennsylvanian period by Hike395 (t · c); see discussion 08 Jun 2025 – Mississippian (geology) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Mississippian period by Hike395 (t · c); see discussion 03 Jun 2025 – Gorgonocephalus (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Gorgon's heads by Blockhaj (t · c); see discussion 12 Apr 2025 – Pteraspidomorphi (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Pteraspidomorpha by Jako96 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be merged 09 Jun 2025 – Massopoda (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sauropodomorpha by A Cynical Idealist (t · c); see discussion 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 09 Jun 2025 – Massopoda (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by A Cynical Idealist (t · c); see discussion 21 Aug 2023 – Kota Formation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fritzmann2002 (t · c); see discussion 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 32 201 284 B 13 167 165 778 1,123 C 10 157 261 1,665 2,093 Start 1 69 381 5,189 2 5,642 Stub 11 164 14,201 3 14,379 List 4 23 53 757 837 Category 5,725 5,725 Disambig 23 23 File 53 53 Portal 693 693 Project 62 62 Redirect 1 3 1,892 1,896 Template 480 480 Other 10 10 Assessed 40 497 1,078 22,867 8,951 5 33,438 Total 40 497 1,078 22,867 8,951 5 33,438 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 126,793 Ω = 5.36