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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: 200 featured articles: 64.5% complete 500 good articles: 60.4% complete 10% of all articles rated B-class or better: 72.7% complete 20,000 articles rated Start-class or better: 50.3% complete Revision and approval of the 25 taxon articles that were promoted to featured article status before 2010: 12% complete Assessment progression 3.4% List-Class 57% Stub-Class 23.9% Start-Class 9% C-Class 4.9% B-Class 1.2% GA-Class 0.6% FA-Class 0.1% remaining Article alerts These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days, daily updated by bot. Edits Article Rating 85 List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species List 25 Neanderthal GA 21 Gnathobase Start 19 2026 in paleontology List 16 Barinasuchus B 16 Tail club Stub 14 Crocodylus lucivenator Start 14 Tous (mammal) Stub 13 2026 in archosaur paleontology List 12 2026 in paleomammalogy List 12 Doliodus C 12 Tujiaaspis GA

Today's featured articles 26 Mar 2026 – Massospondylus (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb Did you know 13 Mar 2026 – David Rankin (astronomer) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Renerpho (t · c); see discussion 26 Feb 2026 – Tujiaaspis (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chaotic Enby (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2026 – Gigamachilis (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TrueMoriarty (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 06 Mar 2026 – Cifelliodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c); see discussion 02 Mar 2026 – Ceoptera (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LittleLazyLass (t · c); start discussion 20 Feb 2026 – Gigamachilis (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TrueMoriarty (t · c); start discussion 25 Jan 2026 – Cratoraricrus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c); start discussion 25 Jan 2026 – Monster of Aramberri (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Amirani1746 (t · c); start discussion 23 Jan 2026 – Megistaspis (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by African Mud Turtle (t · c); see discussion 20 Jan 2026 – Siderian (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Alex26337 (t · c); start discussion 02 Jan 2026 – Himalayan fossil hoax (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion 24 Dec 2025 – Apertotemporalis (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); start discussion 07 Dec 2025 – Choeropotamus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion (1 more...) Good topic candidates 23 May 2025 – Apatosaurinae (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); see discussion Good article reassessments 01 Mar 2026 – Zigrasimecia (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 10 Mar 2026 – Pteridospermatophyta (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Pteridosperm by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion 07 Mar 2026 – Natural History Museum, Berlin (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Museum für Naturkunde Berlin by Monster Iestyn (t · c); see discussion 06 Mar 2026 – Fossils of Iceland (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Paleontology in Iceland by An anonymous username, not my real name (t · c); see discussion Articles to be merged 16 Feb 2026 – Ctenobethylus goepperti (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ctenobethylus by Paine Ellsworth (t · c); see discussion 16 Feb 2026 – Ctenobethylus oblongiceps (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ctenobethylus by Paine Ellsworth (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 07 Mar 2026 – Crato Formation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Montanoceratops (t · c); see discussion 19 Feb 2026 – Spinosaurus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Junsik1223 (t · c); see discussion 08 Sep 2025 – Cosmopolitodus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Macrophyseter (t · c); see discussion 07 Sep 2025 – Pliocene (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Florian Blaschke (t · c); see discussion 29 Aug 2025 – Diapsid (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion 21 Aug 2023 – Kota Formation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fritzmann2002 (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 06 Mar 2026 – Draft:Villaggio del Pescatore palaeontological locality (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Vertebration (t · c) 04 Mar 2026 – Draft:Huayuan biota (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Porter314 (t · c) 20 Feb 2026 – Draft:Linyi Lagerstätte (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 12 Mar 2026 – Draft:Pseudokotuia (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) was declined by Cremastra (t · c) on 13 Mar 2026 26 Feb 2026 – Draft:Harriota lehmani (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by RunningEcology (t · c) was moved to Harriota lehmani (talk · edit · hist) by Ca (t · c) on 13 Mar 2026 undated – Draft:David Rankin (astronomer) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC was accepted to David Rankin (astronomer) (talk · edit · hist) by Abdullah1099 (t · c) on 12 Mar 2026 Article quality statistics Palaeontology articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 4 26 22 77 129 FL 1 1 FM 13 13 GA 9 42 32 219 302 B 18 179 172 866 1 1,236 C 6 154 271 1,850 4 2,285 Start 73 382 5,642 5 6,102 Stub 3 157 14,371 12 14,543 List 3 24 55 781 1 864 Category 5,772 5,772 Disambig 26 26 File 53 53 Portal 693 693 Project 66 66 Redirect 1 30 1,930 1,961 Template 503 503 Other 13 13 Assessed 40 502 1,092 23,836 9,070 22 34,562 Unassessed 3 3 Total 40 502 1,092 23,836 9,070 25 34,565 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 131,220 Ω = 5.33