Template:Did you know nominations/Timeline of mosasaur research
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:52, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
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Timeline of mosasaur research
[edit]![Life restoration of the mosasaur Clidastes pursuing fish. Clidastes was itself preyed upon by the larger mosasaur Tylosaurus.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Clidastes_proph1DB.jpg/120px-Clidastes_proph1DB.jpg)
Life restoration of the mosasaur Clidastes pursuing fish. Clidastes was itself preyed upon by the larger mosasaur Tylosaurus.
- ...that over the course of the history of mosasaur research paleontologists have discovered evidence that these predatory Late Cretaceous marine lizards fed upon ammonites, the bony fish Bananogmius, clams, the fellow mosasaur Clidastes, the toothed diving bird Hesperornis, lamnid sharks, polycotylid plesiosaurs, and even swallowed large turtles whole? Source: Many
- Reviewed: Still need to do one.
Created by Abyssal (talk). Self-nominated at 21:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC).
- Comment only That hook is far too long - "fewer than 200 characters (shorter is better)". Edwardx (talk) 11:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
- ALT1: "...that over the history of mosasaur paleontology, clams, fish, toothed birds, plesiosaurs, sharks, turtles and even other mosasaurs have been discovered preserved in the bellies of these marine lizards?"
Article is new and long enough. The hook is referenced although it takes bits from everywhere in the article. No copyright or neutrality issue detected.
QPQ is done.Image is properly licensed. Good to go.KAVEBEAR (talk) 02:08, 20 December 2016 (UTC)The reviewer states that "QPQ is done", but atop the nomination, it states "Reviewed: Still need to do one", and no QPQ link has been provided. North America1000 15:56, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
- ALT1: "...that over the history of mosasaur paleontology, clams, fish, toothed birds, plesiosaurs, sharks, turtles and even other mosasaurs have been discovered preserved in the bellies of these marine lizards?"
- Comment only That hook is far too long - "fewer than 200 characters (shorter is better)". Edwardx (talk) 11:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)