Template:Did you know nominations/Gordodon
- 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 MeegsC (talk) 08:39, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
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Gordodon
Fossil skull of Gordodon with vertical sawcut
- ... that Gordodon was the first herbivore with a specialised mammal-like tooth arrangement, 299 million years ago? Source:Lucas et al. (2018)
- ALT1:... that the only fossil of Gordodon accidentally had its skull sawed in half (pictured) while it was being excavated? Source:Lucas et al. (2018)
- Comment: A clearer illustration of the skull and teeth is available on the article page if preferred, but I felt this photo of the sawcut might be more eye-catching.
Improved to Good Article status by DrawingDinosaurs (talk). Self-nominated at 14:45, 30 March 2021 (UTC).
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Overall: 
ALT1 is much more interesting, especially with the image. Epicgenius (talk) 13:27, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
- DrawingDinosaurs would you be okay with a tweak of your hook to read either
- ... that excavators accidentally sawed through the skull of the only known fossil of Gordodon (pictured) while removing it?
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- ... that the skull of the only known fossil of Gordodon (pictured) was accidentally sawed in half while it was being excavated?
It reads a bit awkwardly at the moment. MeegsC (talk) 15:19, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
- Absolutely! Either tweak looks good to me, though I think I prefer the second one—the first might come across as implying the skull itself was removed from the slab. DrawingDinosaurs (talk | contribs) 18:49, 17 April 2021 (UTC)