A Cynical Idealist

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Cynical
adj. — "doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile."

Idealist
n. — "a visionary or a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc."

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Author of List of sauropodomorph type specimens, one of the top 50 longest Wikipedia articles

Contributions

Articles mostly or wholly written by me

Stubs I've created to be expanded later

Articles I've significantly contributed to

Articles I've reviewed and/or copy-edited

Lists created and/or maintained by me

Articles I've killed (redirected and content migrated)

Coelurosaur Stubs — PRIORITY

The Coelurosaur Project — Project Headquarters

17 / 34 stubs completed

Boldface indicates priority taxa.

Basal or uncertain coelurosaurs

Tyrannosaurs and megaraptorans

Ornithomimosaurs and therizinosaurs

Alvarezsaurs

Oviraptorosaurs

Non-avian paravians

Higher-order taxa

Caudipteridae
~~Eutyrannosauria~~ (merged)
~~Pennaraptora~~ (merged)
~~Sinovenatorinae~~ (merged)

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Personal interests

This user is interested in ancient Rome.

This user enjoys chess.

This user enjoys playing Texas hold 'em.

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J. R. R. Tolkien.

Dune

This user knows that fear is the mind-killer.

Political views

This user is an advocate of open research and open access.

This user doesn't believe in the ownership of culture and knowledge.

Left

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This user supports a free and independent Palestine.

This user recognizes the US as a terrorist state

This user is an absurdist.

With over 510 million square-kilometers of surface area, the Earth is *almost* large enough to accommodate all the hubris of mankind (*see also: Hatred, Wealth, Selfishness, and War*)

Sandboxes

The Coelurosaur Project

Project HQ
Shenzhousaurus draft
Coelurosaur workshops

Workshops

Tables, etc.
Sauropod workshop
Sauropodomorpha draft
Sauropodiformes draft
Pliosauridae draft
Year of the Four Emperors draft

Ongoing Work

Active projects

Major projects:
- Complete overhauls (in order of priority): Sauropodomorpha, Flaming Cliffs, Dinosaur size, Paraves
- Mostly finished, but still need work: Eudromaeosauria, Yixian Formation
Create pages for red links:
- Paleobiota of the Djadochta Formation: Adamisaurus,^[9] Ctenomastax,^[10] Dzhadochtosaurus, Eoxanta,^[11] Flaviagama, Globaura,^[11] Gobinatus, Hymenosaurus,^[10] Parmeosaurus,^[10] Tchingisaurus, Zapsosaurus,^[10] Mangasbaatar^[12]
- List of therapsids: Abajudon, Alopecodon, Cristonasus, Dromatherium, Microconodon, Nanictocephalus, Nanictops, Nanocynodon, Nasoplanites, Nierkoppia, Nythosaurus, Parvobestiola, Pembecephalus, Plintogomphodon, Pseudotriconodon, Uralocynodon
- List of fossil birds: Holbotia, Pterygornis, Fortunguavis, Alethoalaornis, Guildavis, Horezmavis
- Misc: Batrachopus (reptile), Ukhaa Tolgod, Tugriken Shireh, Udyn Sayr, Zamyn Khondt, Phylogeny of titanosaurs, Maiothisavros
Bring to GA status: Camptosaurus, Guanlong, Mamenchisaurus, Omeisaurus, Ornithomimus
Miscellaneous articles to improve:
- Taxa: Aquilonifer, Coahomasuchus, Dibothrosuchus, Eoscincus, Helioscopos, Limnoscansor, Microteras, Noasauridae, Pampaphoneus, Tatankaceratops
- Other: Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, Pterosaur size, List of prehistoric sea cucumbers
- High-importance stubs: Chimera (paleontology), Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Osteolepis, Pteraspis

To-do list

Update Qiupalong to include revised diagnoses in Dzharacursor paper
Finish diet, locomotion, and sociality sections for Eudromaeosauria

Contributions

Original artwork

Size diagrams

Dinosaur megafauna of the "Corythosaurus-Centrosaurus zone" of the DPF
Dinosaur fauna of the Cedar Mountain Formation's Mussentuchit Member
Dinosaur fauna of the Lujiatun Member of the Yixian Formation

Skeletal diagrams

Skull diagram of Kuru kulla

Photos

Akainacephalus
Akainacephalus
Deinosuchus sp.
Deinosuchus sp.
Pterodaustro
Scutellosaurus
Gastonia sp.
Gastonia sp.
Goniopholis sp. and a juvenile Dryosaurus sp.
Hesperotestudo sp.
Peloroplites
Peloroplites
Sarcosuchus sp.
Sarcosuchus sp.
Utahraptor
Teratophoneus
Teratophoneus
Tail club of Doedicurus
Pampatheriidae indet.
Pampatheriidae indet.
Paramylodon
Longosuchus

Derivative works

Infobox Collages

Infobox for Coelurosauria
Infobox for Tetanurae
Infobox for Carnosauria (sensu stricto)
Carnosauria sensu lato
Infobox for Ceratosauria
Infobox for Tyrannosauroidea
Infobox for Diplodocoidea
Infobox for Sauropoda
Infobox for Sauropodomorpha
Infobox for Ornithopoda
Infobox for Macronaria
Infobox for Avemetatarsalia
Infobox for Pterosauria
Infobox for Pterodactyloidea
Infobox for Maniraptora
Infobox for Paraves
Infobox for Neornithischia
Infobox for Stegosauria
Infobox for Ankylopollexia
Infobox for Azhdarchoidea
Infobox for Titanosauria

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Useful reference

[sihshugounykus-1] Qin, Zichuan; Clark, James; Choiniere, Jonah; Xu, Xing (2019). "A new alvarezsaurian theropod from the Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation of western China". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 11727. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48148-7.

[bannykus-2] Cite error: The named reference bannykus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[caenagnathids-3] Cite error: The named reference caenagnathids was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Wang-4] Wang, S.; Sun, C.; Sullivan, C.; Xu, X. (2013). "A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China". Zootaxa. 3640 (2): 242–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.7. PMID 26000415.

[luxuetal2009-5] Lü., J., Xu, L., Jiang, X., Jia, S., Li, M., Yuan, C., Zhang, X. and Ji, Q. (2009). "A preliminary report on the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China." Journal of the Palaeontological Society of Korea, 25: 43-56.

[6] Lu, J. and Zhang, B.-K. (2005). "A new oviraptorid (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Province of southern China." Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 44(3): 412–422.

[7] Evans, D.C.; Cullen, T.M.; Larson, D.W.; Rego, A. (2017). "A new species of troodontid theropod (Dinosauria: Maniraptora) from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Maastrichtian) of Alberta, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54 (8): 813–826. Bibcode:2017CaJES..54..813E. doi:10.1139/cjes-2017-0034.

[pei2022-8] Pei, R.; Qin, Yuying; Wen, Aishu; Zhao, Q.; Wang, Z.; Liu, Z.; Guo, W.; Liu, P.; Ye, W.; Wang, L.; Yin, Z.; Dai, R.; Xu, X. (2022). "A New Troodontid from the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Basin of Inner Mongolia, China". Cretaceous Research. 130: Article 105052. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105052.

[9] Sulimski, Andrzej (1972). "Adamisaurus magnidentatus n. gen., n. sp. (Sauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 27: 33-40.

[gao&norell-10] 1 2 3 4 Keqin, GAO; Norell, Mark A. (2000). "Taxonomic Composition and Systematics of Late Cretaceous Lizard Assemblages from Ukhaa Tolgod and Adjacent Localities, Mongolian Gobi Desert". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 249: 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)249<0001:TCASOL>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0090.

[eox/glob-11] 1 2 Borsuk-Białynicka, Magdalena (1988). "Globaura venutsa gen. et sp. nov. and Eoxanta lacertifrons gen. et sp. nov. - Non-Teiid Lacertoids from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 33 (3): 211-248.

[12] Rougier, Guillermo W.; Sheth, Amir S.; Spurlin, Barton K.; Bolortsetseg, Minjin; Novacek, Michael J. (2015). "Craniodental anatomy of a new Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal from Udan Sayr, Mongolia" (PDF). Palaeontologica Polonica. 67: 197-248.

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