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Section sizes Section size for Dinosaur (39 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 10,540 10,540 Definition 4,261 16,778 General description 5,854 5,854 Distinguishing anatomical features 6,663 6,663 History of study 58 33,206 Pre-scientific history 994 994 Early dinosaur research 4,870 4,870 Discoveries in North America 2,951 2,951 "Dinosaur renaissance" and beyond 7,213 7,213 Soft tissue and molecular preservation 17,120 17,120 Evolutionary history 25 20,022 Origins and early evolution 12,124 12,124 Evolution and paleobiogeography 7,873 7,873 Classification 3,332 23,501 Taxonomy 12,182 12,182 Timeline of major groups 7,987 7,987 Paleobiology 1,848 57,787 Size 3,197 14,715 Largest and smallest 11,518 11,518 Behavior 6,012 6,012 Communication 3,222 3,222 Reproductive biology 8,948 8,948 Physiology 23,042 23,042 Origin of birds 1,926 14,474 Feathers 8,184 8,184 Skeleton 910 910 Soft anatomy 1,425 1,425 Behavioral evidence 2,029 2,029 Extinction of major groups 5,201 36,485 Pre-extinction diversity 5,785 5,785 Impact event 9,984 9,984 Deccan Traps 12,625 12,625 Possible Paleocene survivors 2,890 2,890 Cultural depictions 3,662 3,662 See also 300 300 Notes 34 34 References 54,049 54,049 Bibliography 16,506 16,506 Further reading 2,525 2,525 Total 289,869 289,869

Saturnalia hyperlink

"Saturnalia" should be hyperlinked: https://en.wikipedia.org/Saturnalia_tupiniquim Hoegbert (talk) 12:00, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Oh wait - I see that the scientific name is mentioned earlier in the article and highlighted Hoegbert (talk) 12:01, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

. In this entire article about dinosaurs, there is no mention of Mary Anning, even though she gets a separate Wiki page for herself. Since she was the one who found a heck of a lot of fossils from 1812 into the 1840's, I'd think that today at least we could give her some of the credit she earned. JayWarner (talk) 23:26, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Unexplained drop in page views

Can anyone recall an edit somewhere which may have caused a drop of over 1,000 views a day for the past 11 days? By far the lowest daily totals since 2015. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:53, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

This trend has basically continued since I posted the above. An unexplained long-term drop in page views, from one day to the next and then continuing. Randy Kryn (talk) 16:36, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Non-Avian Dinosaurs

Trying to edit a big error in the first paragraph, but oddly the page keeps dropping to an error page, so perhaps someone else can? T. rex is an Avian Dinosaur. It is not a bird. Final sentence first paragraph is incorrect. Abdul Muhib (talk) 01:17, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

"Avian" literally means "bird". It is correct. Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 01:49, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Can't quite see what you're referring to? The last sentence in the first paragraph refers to birds, living avian dinosaurs, and extinct non-avian dinosaurs, like the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Lamaredia (talk) 02:34, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Include Mary Anning -- who found many of the early fossils (and knew what she had:)

Mary Anning was the one who found many of the fossils along the Lymm Regis coast area, and learned a great deal about them. At this late date, surely we can give her some of the credit for finding & analyzing them. After all, she also gets a Wiki page of her own. JayWarner (talk) 23:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

She was very important to palaeontology as a whole, but she did not find any dinosaur fossils; she is famous for discovering various marine reptiles which are not dinosaurs, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, as well as Dimorphodon. FunkMonk (talk) 00:25, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

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let me edit I have lots of cool dino facts. 207.251.101.34 (talk) 18:07, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. CMD (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

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