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Are Pliosaurs Arctic animals? Because it seems every Pliosaur I've seen seems to hang around cold places, England, Norway, Alaska, the Sundance Sea that went into Wyoming from' Alaska.
Hi, I have some pics of a pliosaur skeleton from the NHM London which I'm happy to post. Skipperjeru 17:21, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Should this article be in British or American English? At present it is in a mixture of both: we have "meters" in paragraph 2 and "paleontologist/s" (3 times) under "Discoveries", but "metres" and "3-metre" under "Discoveries". Also, shouldn't "m" (twice) under "Discoveries" be expanded to "meters" or "metres" (unless all units of length are contracted), and shouldn't these metric lengths have Imperial equivalents? If "m" is expanded to "meters" or "metres", shouldn't "ft" be expanded to "feet" (throughout) for consistency? A final suggestion: the meaning of the Greek root of "plio-" is given as "more/a higher degree". So, wouldn't something like "a higher degree of lizards" be a better definition of the word "pliosaurs" than "more lizards"? Old Father Time ( talk) 19:59, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Under "Name", it is stated that Richard Owen coined the name in 1842. However, the "Classification" gives a date of 1841 for the publication of the description of Pliosaurus. Is this a contradiction, or is there some distinction between the :Looks like a contradiction. Paleobio database says 1841 [1] Dinoguy2 ( talk) 15:00, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Does pliosaur refer to the suborder Pliosauroidea or just to the family Pliosauridae (both pages redirected), or perhaps only to the genus Pliosaurus. So which?
Pliosaur is a generalized term that may apply to any of, but doesn't substitute for terms like Pliosauroidea or Pliosauridae that have specific meaning. J.H.McDonnell ( talk) 13:22, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. The dab page is up to you to decide if really needed. Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
Pliosaur →
Pliosauroidea – There is no such thing as "Pliosauria" or "Pliosaur". These clade names have never appeared/used in any formal/peer reviewed paper, and a definition for "Pliosauria" have never suggested. The correct terminology in this case is Pliosauroidea: "all taxa more closely related to Pliosaurus brachydeirus than to Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus" (from Ketchum & Benson, 2010), or "pliosauroid" to describe a particular member of the group.
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Was the pliosaur from Dorest in 2009 a Liopleurodon or a Pliosaurus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.135.105.208 ( talk) 07:30, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
The last section of the article seems to have a contradiction. First it says that the species named P. kevani had a body length of 16 meters, but then the last sentence says that in "real life" P. kevani was only around 10 meters long. If this 16 meters individual was the type specimen, by definition doesn't that mean P. kevani is 16 meters? I'm not sure I understand. 68.156.95.34 ( talk) 08:59, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
For instance, we should have some citations for when they first definitely appeared (split off from plesiosaurs) and when the last of the species went extinct - I think some paleontologists think that some smaller-sized species may have lasted to the KT/K-Pg Event? 104.169.26.177 ( talk) 05:04, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
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Are Pliosaurs Arctic animals? Because it seems every Pliosaur I've seen seems to hang around cold places, England, Norway, Alaska, the Sundance Sea that went into Wyoming from' Alaska.
Hi, I have some pics of a pliosaur skeleton from the NHM London which I'm happy to post. Skipperjeru 17:21, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Should this article be in British or American English? At present it is in a mixture of both: we have "meters" in paragraph 2 and "paleontologist/s" (3 times) under "Discoveries", but "metres" and "3-metre" under "Discoveries". Also, shouldn't "m" (twice) under "Discoveries" be expanded to "meters" or "metres" (unless all units of length are contracted), and shouldn't these metric lengths have Imperial equivalents? If "m" is expanded to "meters" or "metres", shouldn't "ft" be expanded to "feet" (throughout) for consistency? A final suggestion: the meaning of the Greek root of "plio-" is given as "more/a higher degree". So, wouldn't something like "a higher degree of lizards" be a better definition of the word "pliosaurs" than "more lizards"? Old Father Time ( talk) 19:59, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Under "Name", it is stated that Richard Owen coined the name in 1842. However, the "Classification" gives a date of 1841 for the publication of the description of Pliosaurus. Is this a contradiction, or is there some distinction between the :Looks like a contradiction. Paleobio database says 1841 [1] Dinoguy2 ( talk) 15:00, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Does pliosaur refer to the suborder Pliosauroidea or just to the family Pliosauridae (both pages redirected), or perhaps only to the genus Pliosaurus. So which?
Pliosaur is a generalized term that may apply to any of, but doesn't substitute for terms like Pliosauroidea or Pliosauridae that have specific meaning. J.H.McDonnell ( talk) 13:22, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. The dab page is up to you to decide if really needed. Vegaswikian ( talk) 22:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
Pliosaur →
Pliosauroidea – There is no such thing as "Pliosauria" or "Pliosaur". These clade names have never appeared/used in any formal/peer reviewed paper, and a definition for "Pliosauria" have never suggested. The correct terminology in this case is Pliosauroidea: "all taxa more closely related to Pliosaurus brachydeirus than to Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus" (from Ketchum & Benson, 2010), or "pliosauroid" to describe a particular member of the group.
Rnnsh (
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07:49, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Was the pliosaur from Dorest in 2009 a Liopleurodon or a Pliosaurus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.135.105.208 ( talk) 07:30, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
The last section of the article seems to have a contradiction. First it says that the species named P. kevani had a body length of 16 meters, but then the last sentence says that in "real life" P. kevani was only around 10 meters long. If this 16 meters individual was the type specimen, by definition doesn't that mean P. kevani is 16 meters? I'm not sure I understand. 68.156.95.34 ( talk) 08:59, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
For instance, we should have some citations for when they first definitely appeared (split off from plesiosaurs) and when the last of the species went extinct - I think some paleontologists think that some smaller-sized species may have lasted to the KT/K-Pg Event? 104.169.26.177 ( talk) 05:04, 17 January 2017 (UTC)