okay, I think "of the family
Ferugliotheriidae" is probably a little better than "Ferugliotheriid" in the first line. To me the latter wording implies a familiarity with the term (which I suspect 99% of readers won't have). Also, the family redirects to the genus
Ferugliotherium currently which says it is the only genus in the family (???)
Reworded. Yes, I hadn't touched that article yet (I intend to make a featured topic on gondwanatheres); I've made a quick stub on the family now.
The tooth is from the probably Maastrichtian Allen Formation (??) --> " The tooth is probably from the Maastrichtian Allen Formation" - actually I would try and append this sentence onto the one before it. There a quite alot of teeth in the introduction it would be good to reduce. (PS: I can do this if you want)
Actually, it's certainly from the Allen F., but it's not quite certain that it is Maastrichtian. Clarified now. I think the sentence would get a little unwieldy merged, but I swapped out "The tooth".
As a one line at the end of the introduction, I think it is worth noting the family's relations are unclear or t has no close relations with any living species (??)
Done.
..a group of primitive mammals.... - I think if you add the one adjective "enigmatic" here, it says in one word that we know little about the group. I immediately clicked on the bluelink thinking "what the hell are they?" only to find another enigmatic group only known by teeth. "little-known" would be just as good.
I don't think "enigmatic" is a fit description for the dryolestoids, unless you consider any group of Mesozoic mammals "enigmatic". It is slightly weird that they first appeared in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Laurasia, then disappear for a while only to reappear to dominate Late Cretaceous mammal faunas in Argentina, but such things happen.
would be great to get some sort of illustration for the Description section (sigh)
okay, I think "of the family
Ferugliotheriidae" is probably a little better than "Ferugliotheriid" in the first line. To me the latter wording implies a familiarity with the term (which I suspect 99% of readers won't have). Also, the family redirects to the genus
Ferugliotherium currently which says it is the only genus in the family (???)
Reworded. Yes, I hadn't touched that article yet (I intend to make a featured topic on gondwanatheres); I've made a quick stub on the family now.
The tooth is from the probably Maastrichtian Allen Formation (??) --> " The tooth is probably from the Maastrichtian Allen Formation" - actually I would try and append this sentence onto the one before it. There a quite alot of teeth in the introduction it would be good to reduce. (PS: I can do this if you want)
Actually, it's certainly from the Allen F., but it's not quite certain that it is Maastrichtian. Clarified now. I think the sentence would get a little unwieldy merged, but I swapped out "The tooth".
As a one line at the end of the introduction, I think it is worth noting the family's relations are unclear or t has no close relations with any living species (??)
Done.
..a group of primitive mammals.... - I think if you add the one adjective "enigmatic" here, it says in one word that we know little about the group. I immediately clicked on the bluelink thinking "what the hell are they?" only to find another enigmatic group only known by teeth. "little-known" would be just as good.
I don't think "enigmatic" is a fit description for the dryolestoids, unless you consider any group of Mesozoic mammals "enigmatic". It is slightly weird that they first appeared in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Laurasia, then disappear for a while only to reappear to dominate Late Cretaceous mammal faunas in Argentina, but such things happen.
would be great to get some sort of illustration for the Description section (sigh)