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: 65% complete 500 good articles: 62.2% complete 10% of all articles rated B-class or better: 73.3% complete 20,000 articles rated Start-class or better: 51.4% complete Revision and approval of the 25 taxon articles that were promoted to featured article status before 2010: 12% complete Assessment progression 3.4% List-Class 56.6% Stub-Class 24.2% Start-Class 9% C-Class 4.9% B-Class 1.2% GA-Class 0.5% FA-Class 0.1% remaining Article alerts These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days, daily updated by bot. Edits Article Rating 27 Argentinonectes Stub 26 Praearcturus Start 25 2026 in paleomammalogy List 25 Calcitarch C 22 2026 in archosaur paleontology List 18 2026 in paleontology List 16 Pachystruthio C 16 Panthera spelaea B 14 Jurassic Park GA 13 White River Fauna List

Did you know 08 Jun 2026 – Megistaspis (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by African Mud Turtle (t · c); see discussion 21 May 2026 – Arceuthobium mengeanum (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kevmin (t · c); see discussion 12 May 2026 – Ditrichites (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kevmin (t · c); see discussion 06 May 2026 – Europejara (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 08 Jun 2026 – Brontoscorpio (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FaviFake (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 29 May 2026 – Villaggio del Pescatore palaeontological locality (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Not-cheesewhisk3rs (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted) 31 May 2026 – Janet Elizabeth Rieder-Henderson (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Alexcalamaro (t · c) was closed as delete by Premeditated Chaos (t · c) on 07 Jun 2026; see discussion (6 participants) Featured article candidates 05 May 2026 – Europejara (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 02 Jun 2026 – Phorusrhacos (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); start discussion 01 Jun 2026 – Lophiodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion 20 Jan 2026 – Siderian (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Alex26337 (t · c); see discussion 02 Jan 2026 – Himalayan fossil hoax (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion 07 Dec 2025 – Choeropotamus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion 28 May 2026 – Aurimys (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c) was promoted, see discussion Articles to be merged 17 Mar 2026 – Spinosaurus mirabilis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Spinosaurus by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion 16 Feb 2026 – Ctenobethylus goepperti (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ctenobethylus by Paine Ellsworth (t · c); see discussion 16 Feb 2026 – Ctenobethylus oblongiceps (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ctenobethylus by Paine Ellsworth (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 24 May 2026 – Tylosaurus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Macrophyseter (t · c); see discussion 07 Mar 2026 – Crato Formation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Montanoceratops (t · c); see discussion 19 Feb 2026 – Spinosaurus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Junsik1223 (t · c); see discussion 08 Sep 2025 – Cosmopolitodus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Macrophyseter (t · c); see discussion 07 Sep 2025 – Pliocene (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Florian Blaschke (t · c); see discussion 29 Aug 2025 – Diapsid (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion 21 Aug 2023 – Kota Formation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fritzmann2002 (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 28 Apr 2026 – Draft:Trigonioidoidea (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AlSardine (t · c) 03 Mar 2026 – Draft:Paleoheritage (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Porter314 (t · c) Article quality statistics Palaeontology articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 4 26 22 78 130 FL 1 1 FM 15 15 GA 9 42 33 227 311 B 18 178 175 877 14 1,262 C 6 155 271 1,890 9 2,331 Start 74 386 5,779 14 6,253 Stub 2 159 14,463 13 14,637 List 3 24 55 784 2 868 Category 5,780 5,780 Disambig 26 26 File 53 53 Portal 693 693 Project 67 67 Redirect 4 49 1,917 1,970 Template 516 516 Other 15 15 Assessed 40 502 1,105 24,147 9,082 52 34,928 Unassessed 2 2 4 Total 40 502 1,105 24,149 9,082 54 34,932 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 132,819 Ω = 5.33