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Did you know... that Fagus langevinii is considered to be the oldest extinct species of beech tree?
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... that Fagus langevinii(pictured) is considered the oldest extinct beech tree species? Source: Denk & Grimm (2009) The biogeographic history of beech trees pg88
ALT1: ... that Fagus langevinii(pictured) is known from cupules, blades, nuts, and grains? Source: Manchester & Dillhoff 2004 descriptions of the type fossil cupules, nuts, leaf blades, and pollen grains.
New enough, long enough, nice article, does not look like copyvio. Hook facts check out, but the ALT0 fact isn't stated clearly in the article. (It is there in Latin, but not in lay people's terms). Image is fine. If this runs without image (and possibly if it runs with image), how about adding "extinct" somewhere in the hook? —
Kusma (
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11:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)reply
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Kusma: I do not mind having extinct added, and have updated Alt0 accordingly. Also my apologies for the already used QPQ. Here is a alternate one!--
Kevmin§15:14, 27 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Thank you for providing a new qpq. Happy to approve, but you could consider using the word "beech" more often in the article. —
Kusma (
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15:37, 27 January 2022 (UTC)reply
A fact from Fagus langevinii appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know... that Fagus langevinii is considered to be the oldest extinct species of beech tree?
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... that Fagus langevinii(pictured) is considered the oldest extinct beech tree species? Source: Denk & Grimm (2009) The biogeographic history of beech trees pg88
ALT1: ... that Fagus langevinii(pictured) is known from cupules, blades, nuts, and grains? Source: Manchester & Dillhoff 2004 descriptions of the type fossil cupules, nuts, leaf blades, and pollen grains.
New enough, long enough, nice article, does not look like copyvio. Hook facts check out, but the ALT0 fact isn't stated clearly in the article. (It is there in Latin, but not in lay people's terms). Image is fine. If this runs without image (and possibly if it runs with image), how about adding "extinct" somewhere in the hook? —
Kusma (
talk)
11:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)reply
@
Kusma: I do not mind having extinct added, and have updated Alt0 accordingly. Also my apologies for the already used QPQ. Here is a alternate one!--
Kevmin§15:14, 27 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Thank you for providing a new qpq. Happy to approve, but you could consider using the word "beech" more often in the article. —
Kusma (
talk)
15:37, 27 January 2022 (UTC)reply