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I have a personal record of other species, P. gigas. Can anyone else verify this? Ninjatacoshell 16:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
That probably counts as original research, and that isn't allowed as per WP:OR.-- 50.195.51.9 ( talk) 19:09, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
The article cites a book to give protoceratops a mass of 180kg (~400 pounds), but this value seems too large based on the appearance of the reconstructions pictured in the article. In particular, the famous "died in combat" fossil shows a protoceratops approximately the same size as a tiny velociraptor. I understand that these could be juvenile specimens, but if someone has access to the cited book, it's probably worth a double-check. -- 129.81.195.197 ( talk) 17:17, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
one thing to note is that Velociraptor was overall smaller in dimensions, and much much smaller in mass than adult Protoceratops, due to its much lighter, bird-like body construction including hollow bones which ceratopsians lacked. Dinoguy2 ( talk) 18:15, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
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Earlier I changed the godawful 400 pound (180 kg) estimate (which AFAIK comes from 1962) to a much more recent (2014) weight estimate (can be seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Protoceratops&type=revision&diff=798702053&oldid=795471615), which got reverted just because I made some mistakes earlier and because I was a sock puppet. First, I have read that we can have a sockpuppet if we have if we have it with good intention, second, we are not allowed to make mistakes? All of the edits I've made were made to improve the articles, and maybe I made mistakes at times, but that means others should revert even useful edits like changing a 55 year-old estimate to a 3 yer-old one just because I made some mistakes earlier? Gigafan0731 ( talk) 18:05, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
You can block me immediately if I change one more image back on the dromaeosaur pages, but can I ask you to check the references if I say I change something based on a particular reference? For example if I change the time range in the Taxobox of Giganotosaurus based on Holtz (2008), would you actually check Holtz (2008) instead of reverting immediately? Or if I change the shoulder height in Daeodon from 1.8 m to 1.77 m, would you check Andrews (1909) before reverting? Also, can I change the 1962 weight estimate for Protoceratops to the 2014 weight estimate? I can't see anything bad about changing an 55 year-old estimate to a 3 year-old one, and I bet you can't either. Gigafan0731 ( talk) 18:57, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
Okay, I'm going to change the horribly outdated estimate with the newer one then. Gigafan0731 ( talk) 20:43, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
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Is there a controversy about the origin of the Griffin Myth among academics in the field, or is it just one guy making a blog post claiming to debunk the established orthodoxy? I glanced at the blog post, but as I am neither a paleontologist nor a mythographer, I can't really comment on it. I think leaving the current bit in might be lending undue weight to the counter theory. Rockphed ( talk) 18:07, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
It would be a good idea to make spellings consistent - not 3 different for the same word in one sub-section. (BC, 23 November 2019)
Recently noticed the overlooked taxon Bainoceratops while perusing the literature on protoceratopsids. It was named by Alifanov (known for naming three Bagaceratops synonyms) and Tereschenko, who have continued to use the name as valid through to the modern day (most recently in 2018). The only mention it seems to have gotten from any other published work is expressions of skepticism as to its validity relative to Protoceratops. Despite this, no explicit study has evaluated it in detail as happened with the synonyms of Bagaceratops. There is a whole paragraph in the Yamaceratops description paper which talks about all its claimed diagnostic traits falling within Protoceratops variation, citing personal communication of one of the authors, implying some degree of genuine comparison was undertaken. The Cerasinops description paper cites this study in saying unambiguously that Bainoceratops has been shown to be individual variation of another taxon. So this leaves it in a bit of awkward position. The authors naming it continue its use, but no other study has ever accepted it as likely to be a valid taxon (listing it as problematic but that evaluation is beyond the scope of the given study), and two studies have explicitly denounced it as a Protoceratops synonym. The general opinion here seems pretty clear, but we lack of a smoking gun study like with Alifanov's other protoceratopsids and the original authors continue to use the name. I'm not personally sure whether it's better to merge it or leave it as a distinct article discussing the debated validity, and so I am opening this discussion not explicitly to push for a merge but to seek other opinions on the two options (merge or not). LittleLazyLass ( Talk | Contributions) 23:38, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
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I have a personal record of other species, P. gigas. Can anyone else verify this? Ninjatacoshell 16:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
That probably counts as original research, and that isn't allowed as per WP:OR.-- 50.195.51.9 ( talk) 19:09, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
The article cites a book to give protoceratops a mass of 180kg (~400 pounds), but this value seems too large based on the appearance of the reconstructions pictured in the article. In particular, the famous "died in combat" fossil shows a protoceratops approximately the same size as a tiny velociraptor. I understand that these could be juvenile specimens, but if someone has access to the cited book, it's probably worth a double-check. -- 129.81.195.197 ( talk) 17:17, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
one thing to note is that Velociraptor was overall smaller in dimensions, and much much smaller in mass than adult Protoceratops, due to its much lighter, bird-like body construction including hollow bones which ceratopsians lacked. Dinoguy2 ( talk) 18:15, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
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Earlier I changed the godawful 400 pound (180 kg) estimate (which AFAIK comes from 1962) to a much more recent (2014) weight estimate (can be seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Protoceratops&type=revision&diff=798702053&oldid=795471615), which got reverted just because I made some mistakes earlier and because I was a sock puppet. First, I have read that we can have a sockpuppet if we have if we have it with good intention, second, we are not allowed to make mistakes? All of the edits I've made were made to improve the articles, and maybe I made mistakes at times, but that means others should revert even useful edits like changing a 55 year-old estimate to a 3 yer-old one just because I made some mistakes earlier? Gigafan0731 ( talk) 18:05, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
You can block me immediately if I change one more image back on the dromaeosaur pages, but can I ask you to check the references if I say I change something based on a particular reference? For example if I change the time range in the Taxobox of Giganotosaurus based on Holtz (2008), would you actually check Holtz (2008) instead of reverting immediately? Or if I change the shoulder height in Daeodon from 1.8 m to 1.77 m, would you check Andrews (1909) before reverting? Also, can I change the 1962 weight estimate for Protoceratops to the 2014 weight estimate? I can't see anything bad about changing an 55 year-old estimate to a 3 year-old one, and I bet you can't either. Gigafan0731 ( talk) 18:57, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
Okay, I'm going to change the horribly outdated estimate with the newer one then. Gigafan0731 ( talk) 20:43, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
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Is there a controversy about the origin of the Griffin Myth among academics in the field, or is it just one guy making a blog post claiming to debunk the established orthodoxy? I glanced at the blog post, but as I am neither a paleontologist nor a mythographer, I can't really comment on it. I think leaving the current bit in might be lending undue weight to the counter theory. Rockphed ( talk) 18:07, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
It would be a good idea to make spellings consistent - not 3 different for the same word in one sub-section. (BC, 23 November 2019)
Recently noticed the overlooked taxon Bainoceratops while perusing the literature on protoceratopsids. It was named by Alifanov (known for naming three Bagaceratops synonyms) and Tereschenko, who have continued to use the name as valid through to the modern day (most recently in 2018). The only mention it seems to have gotten from any other published work is expressions of skepticism as to its validity relative to Protoceratops. Despite this, no explicit study has evaluated it in detail as happened with the synonyms of Bagaceratops. There is a whole paragraph in the Yamaceratops description paper which talks about all its claimed diagnostic traits falling within Protoceratops variation, citing personal communication of one of the authors, implying some degree of genuine comparison was undertaken. The Cerasinops description paper cites this study in saying unambiguously that Bainoceratops has been shown to be individual variation of another taxon. So this leaves it in a bit of awkward position. The authors naming it continue its use, but no other study has ever accepted it as likely to be a valid taxon (listing it as problematic but that evaluation is beyond the scope of the given study), and two studies have explicitly denounced it as a Protoceratops synonym. The general opinion here seems pretty clear, but we lack of a smoking gun study like with Alifanov's other protoceratopsids and the original authors continue to use the name. I'm not personally sure whether it's better to merge it or leave it as a distinct article discussing the debated validity, and so I am opening this discussion not explicitly to push for a merge but to seek other opinions on the two options (merge or not). LittleLazyLass ( Talk | Contributions) 23:38, 12 December 2021 (UTC)