Talk:Species of Psittacosaurus

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May 25, 2007 Good article nominee Listed

[edit] Good Article candidate

I don't personally like the excessive use of bone descriptions, but I can't see how you'd do it otherwise.

Please add and wikilinke American vertebrate paleontologist to Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1923. Rename this paragraph type specimen, and, in general with scientific articles, the first time you mention the type specimen, particularly if it is a paragraph about it, and the lead paragraph of the section, spell out the genus in full.

"Skulls of P. mongoliensis are flat on top, especially over the back of the skull, with a triangular depression, or fossa, on the outside surface of the maxilla (an upper jaw bone)."

Does this fossa have a particular name, and can you link to that article?

Don't use "junior synonym" without first defining it, and try to avoid it thereafter, or at least make reference to it having been used before (like blah blah, this species is considered a junior synonym).

Correct these issues, then put a note on my talk page. The article meets GA criteria for what it is, a list of the species, and brief descriptions.

KP Botany 05:24, 25 May 2007 (UTC)