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This WikiProject aims primarily to create and improve articles on extinct animals, extinct plants and extinction in general.

A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in these extinction related articles. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!

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[edit] Extinction Portal

Extinction Portal

On 30 September 2006, this project has created an Extinction Portal for Wikipedia.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

This WikiProject descends from WikiProject Science and WikiProject Biology. Related or overlapping projects are Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life, WikiProject Mammals. WikiProject Birds, WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles, WikiProject Dinosaurs, WikiProject Arthropods, WikiProject Fishes and WikiProject Plants.

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[edit] Recognized content

[edit] Featured articles

Albertosaurus - Compsognathus - Diplodocus - Dinosaur - Homo floresiensis - Iguanodon - Psittacosaurus - Stegosaurus - Thylacine - Triceratops - Tyrannosaurus - Velociraptor

[edit] Taxobox

Dodo
Dodo reconstruction reflecting new research at Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Dodo reconstruction reflecting new research at Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Raphus
Brisson, 1760
Species: R. cucullatus
Binomial name
Raphus cucullatus
Linnaeus, 1758
Former range (in red)
Former range (in red)
Synonyms
Struthio cucullatus Linnaeus, 1758
Didus ineptus Linnaeus 1766

Here an example of a taxobox:

{{Taxobox
| color = pink or lightgreen
| name = 
| image = 
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption =
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| extinct = [[]]
| regnum = [[]]
| phylum = [[]]
| classis = [[]]
| ordo = [[]]
| familia = [[]]
| genus = ''''' '''''
| genus_authority = [[]], [[]]
| species = ''''' '''''
| binomial = '' ''
| binomial_authority = ([[]], [[]])
| range_map = 
| range_map_width = 250px
| range_map_caption = Former range (in red)
}}

The full taxobox guide is located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/taxobox usage.

Detailed taxonomic information, including notes on how taxa are defined and how they vary between different systems, belongs in the article proper. Where possible, however, a standard table will be provided to allow easier navigation between related groups and quick identification of what sort of organisms are being discussed. These are called taxoboxes. A typical taxobox is shown at right (it belongs on the top right of the page Dodo). For extinct plants see Hymenaea protera.

There are three main sections to the taxobox:

  • A header showing the name of the group, sometimes followed by a representative image.
  • A table showing the placement of the group in a typical classification system.
  • A footer, whose content varies, showing the binomial name or a species, or a list of subgroups for higher taxa.

Some items that are often included, but are not (necessarily) standardized, include:

Three different statuses can be used for extinct species:

  1. | status = Fossil
  2. | status = Prehistoric
  3. | status = EX

Position: The taxobox generally belongs at the top right corner of the article, unless it has been decided otherwise on the relevant talk page - for instance, if the article is not primarily about the biological group.

[edit] Proposals, suggestions and discussions

Main article: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Extinction

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[edit] Template

WikiProject on Extinction

This article is part of WikiProject Extinction, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use resource on extinct animals, extinct plants and extinction in general. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the project page for more information.

The {{ExtinctionTalk}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project.

[edit] Information sources

Here some internet resources with information on extinction or extinct species. Be Aware! Texts and images are most likely copyrighted and can not be used (unless otherwise stated). Write your own texts and use your own images or images that are in the public domain.

[edit] Images

Images can be found at Wikimedia Commons.

[edit] Books

Here are some recommended books and reference works about Extinct Species

  • Allen, Glover M. - Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere
  • Balouet, Jean-Christophe, Alibert, Eric, & Hollyman K. J. - Extinct Species of the World
  • Bille, Matthew A. - Rumors of Existence: Newly Discovered, Supposedly Extinct, and Unconfirmed Inhabitants of the Animal Kingdom
  • Burton, John A. & Barber, James - Extinct Animals (actually for children but also informative for all who are interested in the subject of extinct species)
  • Cheke, Anthony & Hume, Julian Pender - Lost Land of the Dodo (comprehensive account about the extinct birdlife of the Mascarenes)
  • Cokinos, Christopher - Hope is a Thing with Feathers (stories about the Carolina Parakeet, the Passenger Pigeon, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, the Heath Hen, the Labrador Duck and the Great Auk)
  • Day, David - The Doomsday Book of Animals
  • Flannery, Tim & Schouten, Peter - A Gap in Nature
  • Fuller, Errol - Extinct Birds
  • Greenway, James C. - Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World (2nd edition should be used always, and note many typographical errors. Very comprehensive treatment though
  • Halliday, Tim - Vanishing Birds. Their natural history and conservation
  • Harper, Francis - Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Old World
  • Luther, Dieter - Die ausgestorbenen Vögel der Welt: Die neue Brehm-Bücherei 424 (a good German book, and while some are missing it treats many extinct bird subspecies)
  • Quammen, David - Song of the Dodo (interesting book about extinctions on Islands)
  • Rothschild, Lionel Walter - Extinct Birds. The first book about extinct species in the 20th century published in 1907. Extremely expensive due to a limited edition of only 300 copies and very hard to find.
  • Steadman, David W. - Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds (2006 standard work on the topic, treats many taxa not hitherto reported in the literature)
  • Tennyson, Alan - Extinct Birds of New Zealand (comprehensive account about the extinct birdlife of New Zealand)
  • Wolff Purcell, Rosamond - Swift as a Shadow (with beautiful photographes of extinct species from the Leiden Museum, Netherlands)
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