Template:Did you know nominations/Palaeotherium
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 00:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
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Palaeotherium
Palaeotherium medium skull, first described in 1782.
- ... that a skull of the distant horse relative Palaeotherium (pictured) was first described as belonging to an amphibian then later to a canine?
- Source: Chapter 10: From Quarry to Paper. Cuvier's Three Epistemological Cultures; Sur les ossemens qui se trouvent dans le gypse de Montmartre"
- ALT1: ... that the science historian Bruno Belhoste argued that Georges Cuvier's study of Palaeotherium (pictured) in 1798 "marks the true birth of paleontology"? Source: Chapter 10: From Quarry to Paper. Cuvier's Three Epistemological Cultures
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hymenophyllum axsmithii
Improved to Good Article status by PrimalMustelid (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.
PrimalMustelid (talk) 23:58, 4 November 2024 (UTC).
- Article looks good, even though the lead is longer at >700 words than many GA reviewers would accept. Meets all the DYK criteria. I think ALT1 is too niche, but the main hook has potential. The sentence structure is a bit too difficult however. What about
- ALT0b: that a skull of the distant horse relative Palaeotherium (pictured) was first identified as an amphibian, then as a canine?
- ALT0c: that a skull of the distant horse relative Palaeotherium (pictured) was first thought to be amphibian, then canine? —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:04, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah sure, either of the revised hooks (linked or unlinked for "amphibian" and "canine") could work. PrimalMustelid (talk) 20:46, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
