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Reviewer: Dunkleosteus77 ( talk · contribs) 00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

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• Is there currently a quality status marine reptile article?    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

By quality, you mean FA/GA? I've personally worked on Elasmosaurus, Brancasaurus, and Dinocephalosaurus, and I know others have been promoted. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 01:22, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• "early-diverging" is might be better to just put "early"

Done in the lead, let me know if it should be done elsewhere too. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 02:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• "driven to extinction by volcanism and sea level changes" are you talking about the Triassic–Jurassic extinction event?    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Although the cause is shared, this is not the Tr-J. It is a minor extinction event that occurred at the Early Triassic-Middle Triassic boundary. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 01:23, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

You should specify "by the Middle Triassic" or "at the beginning of the Middle Triassic"    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Done. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• "During further attempts to remove rock from between the closed jaws, an isolated tooth was discovered; the specimen had previously thought to have been toothless" this sentence is backwards    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Reworded. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 02:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• Once you get above 12 inches it would better to convert to ft (use |ftin|sigfig=1)    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  00:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Done. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 02:55, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• "its frontal bone also lacked an expansion at its rear outer corner" is that the eyebrow or something?    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Not really. That process would articulate with the postfrontal I think. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• "Cartorhynchus had 31 pre-sacral vertebrae" you could also say "Excluding the tail, Cartorhynchus had 31 vertebrae"    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

This is not quite the same. You would include the sacrum in that count. Is "Excluding the tail and hip" better? Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Actually it might be better to just list them all out ("it has x number of neck vertebrae, y thoracic vertebrae, z lumbar...") at the beginning    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  01:02, 16 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I'm not sure I can totally get around talking about presacrals though — see the presacral count discussion. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 02:10, 16 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I know; if you list it all out like above, you've basically just defined presacral, and it's good info to include regardless    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  12:50, 16 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Done. I've just listed the (estimated) cervical and dorsal counts since the taxon doesn't have lumbar verts. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 01:15, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• Does the neural spine shape have any functional implications relating to back muscles?    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

None proposed in the literature. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• homoplasically→homoplasiously?    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Thought these were synonyms? Changed. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I never really considered using homoplasy as an adverb before so I'm not sure what exactly it would be    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  01:02, 16 May 2020 (UTC) reply

• The last image is pushing the ref list to the left, so maybe you could put in a See also section?    User:Dunkleosteus77 | push to talk  14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Doesn't seem to do that on my screen. Added regardless. Lythronaxargestes ( talk | contribs) 18:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply