Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology

This WikiProject, WikiProject Palaeontology, aims to organise an effort to expand and improve Wikipedia's coverage of palaeontology-related articles. Please feel free to ask questions on our talk page or our chatroom (Discord server).

If you wish to participate in this project, please list your name to Participants, and take a look at our open tasks.

We are currently working towards five major milestones:

Did you know

• 07 Feb 2025 – Telmatrechus (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kevmin (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Jan 2025 – Eosalmo (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kevmin (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 05 Feb 2025 – Thylacosmiliformes (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lmalena (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
• 05 Feb 2025 – Dimartinia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lmalena (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)

Categories for discussion

• 01 Feb 2025 – Category:Pliocene events (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
• 01 Feb 2025 – Category:Neogene events (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Good article nominees

• 08 Feb 2025 – Arundelconodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Feb 2025 – Amphimerycidae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Feb 2025 – Pseudamphimeryx (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Feb 2025 – Amphimeryx (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 28 Jan 2025 – Pokémon Fossil Museum (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MatthewHoobin (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 28 Jan 2025 – Homo erectus (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Dunkleosteus77 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 01 Feb 2025 – Aristonectinae (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Aristonectidae by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Jan 2025 – Aristonectidae (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Aristonectinae by Amirani1746 (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Jan 2025 – Novialoidea (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pterosaur by A Cynical Idealist (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 21 Aug 2023 – Kota Formation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fritzmann2002 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 16 Dec 2024 – Draft:Tulip Beds (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Fossiladder13 (t · c)
• 10 Feb 2025 – Draft:Amygdalotheca (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Sclerotized (t · c) was accepted to Amygdalotheca (talk · edit · hist) by Significa liberdade (t · c) on 11 Feb 2025
• 10 Feb 2025 – Draft:Acuticarpus (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Sclerotized (t · c) was accepted to Acuticarpus (talk · edit · hist) by Devonian Wombat (t · c) on 11 Feb 2025
• 04 Nov 2024 – Draft:Akavassky Formation (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by GlamorousGeologist (t · c) was declined by ToThAc (t · c) on 06 Feb 2025

Palaeontology articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	3	19	27	74			123
FL			1				1
FM					13		13
GA	5	25	40	192			262
B	17	74	113	536		17	757
C	9	68	267	1,502		21	1,867
Start	1	67	391	4,996		24	5,479
Stub		13	167	14,288		32	14,500
List	3	17	44	740		12	816
Category					5,740		5,740
Disambig					22		22
File					53		53
Portal					693		693
Project					61		61
Redirect	1	3	31	755	960		1,750
Template					568		568
Other					12		12
Assessed	39	286	1,081	23,083	8,122	106	32,717
Unassessed				2		2	4
Total	39	286	1,081	23,085	8,122	108	32,721
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 124,658			Ω = 5.42