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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:57, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Itilochelys

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... that the extinct Itilochelys is one of only three known cheloniid sea turtle fossils found in the Volgograd Region?

Reviewed: Marasmius funalis

Created/expanded by Kevmin (talk). Self nom at 17:48, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Age, length, sources, neutrality all fine. No copyvio, plagiarism or close paraphrasing. Hook seems to be incorrect: more than three fossils have been found although they all belong to one of three taxa.

ALT1: ... that the extinct Itilochelys is one of only three known fossil cheloniid sea turtle taxa found in the Volgograd Region?

Other than the hook, this is ready to go. Yomangani ^talk 23:29, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

I based the hook on the last paragraph of the Itilochelys type description. The last line there is that the Itilochelys specimen is the most complete cheloniid specimen found in the region so far. The other two taxa reports are based off less complete specimens and the wording is that there is only one specimen for each. I may be misreading this though. --Kev min § 00:47, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

I suppose it depends on how you read "fossils". I was reading it as individual fossil specimens but it looks like you are reading it as all fossil specimens for a species (or taxa). I think we've proved the hook is at least confusing if not incorrect. Yomangani ^talk 01:01, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

I dont mind the alt hook. I think you just said the same thing that I did though, three taxa known, each from a single fossil specimen (partial/fragmentary skeleton) thus three fossil specimens(skeletons) known.--Kev min § 01:29, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

For clarity. Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:42, 16 September 2011 (UTC)