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Saturnalia hyperlink
edit"Saturnalia" should be hyperlinked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia_tupiniquim Hoegbert (talk) 12:00, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
- Oh wait - I see that the scientific name is mentioned earlier in the article and highlighted Hoegbert (talk) 12:01, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
Put birds on the taxobox?
editI have noticed that birds are not shown on the taxobox with six images on it, so is it appropriate to add one picture of a bird on there? I am putting this in the talk page because I know it will be a controversial issue, and I want to see the opinions of others before I add it. Can someone provide their opinion on this subject? 2003 LN6 (talk) 05:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- There's a montage of birds right below it, as discussed previously. Better to show the diversity of extinct members as well. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 16:19, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- The diversity of extinct member would still be shown, if 5 out of 6 images were of extinct members. It seems bizarre and indefensible not to feature the only living members in the taxobox. Thue (talk)
- Seems fine as is with birds having their own collage under the initial box. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:52, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
- The diversity of extinct member would still be shown, if 5 out of 6 images were of extinct members. It seems bizarre and indefensible not to feature the only living members in the taxobox. Thue (talk)
Stegosaurus stenops or ungulatus?
editThe caption of the Stegosaurus picture in this article refers to it as Stegosaurus stenops, but the caption in Commons calls it a Stegosaurus ungulatus. I'm not enough of an expert to know which is correct, but one of those has to be wrong, right? SilverStar54 (talk) 00:06, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
- The museum itself identifies it as S. armatus (so, obviously, no help there). Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 05:24, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
- According to the Stegosaurus article, there are significant proposals that all three of those are actually the same species. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 18:36, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Unexplained drop in page views
editCan anyone recall an edit somewhere which may have caused a drop of over 1,000 views a day for the past 11 days? By far the lowest daily totals since 2015. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:53, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Non-Avian Dinosaurs
editTrying to edit a big error in the first paragraph, but oddly the page keeps dropping to an error page, so perhaps someone else can? T. rex is an Avian Dinosaur. It is not a bird. Final sentence first paragraph is incorrect. Abdul Muhib (talk) 01:17, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- "Avian" literally means "bird". It is correct. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 01:49, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Can't quite see what you're referring to? The last sentence in the first paragraph refers to birds, living avian dinosaurs, and extinct non-avian dinosaurs, like the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Lamaredia (talk) 02:34, 26 September 2024 (UTC)