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Created on - 28 March, 2007 by Kirill Lokshin.
Maintainer - ~~Spawn Man.~~ (Spawn Man has not edited since July 2012.)
Secondary maintainer - J. Spencer.
This Portal was last updated on - 00:39, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Looks great! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 07:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! :) -- Spawn Man 06:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. I am impressed.cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 08:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Is the "Featured dinosaurs" section restricted to featured articles that are just about the real dinosaurs, or any featured article that is dinosaur related. More specifically, Jurassic Park (film) was recently awarded featured article status, and I wasn't sure if that should be moved to the "Featured dinosaur articles" section or not, because it isn't a "dinosaur article" so much as it's a article about a film that has dinosaurs in it. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 00:07, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. I'd ask Spawn Man about it. J. Spencer 16:08, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great question - Although the Jurassic Park article has recently been featured, I'd prefer this portal to reamin about the scientific aspect of dinosaurs, not the popular culture side. If in the future, we get some more Featured dinos, I'd probably allow the article to come through, but at the moment it would stick out like a sore thumb as we only have a few featured dinosaur articles & adding a pop culture article like that would detract from the real reason of the portal. So for, I'd suggest the article stay off, but in the future we'll definitely put it in. Cheers, Spawn Man 02:40, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Works for me, I was only curious. Thanks. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 02:43, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent -- Spawn Man 02:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC) :)[reply]

Oviraptor Question: Oviraptor page contains a photo with a nest of eggs, and suggests that Oviraptor laid and tended larger nests. Seems that since 2005 Oviraptor is thought to have laid eggs in two's. I only find this important in that it suggests they reproduced more like birds than reptiles. I read about it here: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/dinosaurs/inside-dinosaur-egg.htm/printable Look for "Unlaid Egg". I'm sure there are much better sources for this, but that's what I've got. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.53.222.219 (talk) 02:10, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I'm going to copy this to Talk:Oviraptor, since odds are it'll get more eyes for you there. J. Spencer (talk) 03:49, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted

Due to overwhelming consensus, Portal:Dinosaurs is now a featured portal. All comments have been addressed, and it is clear that the portal meets the featured portal criteria. I personally would like to see one or two more sections... Up to you guys. Good work! Aquarius • talk 05:52, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much Aquarius!!! I can't wait to tell the project. Cheers, Spawn Man 02:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dracorex DYK

Is it possible to change/remove a DYK from circulation? Even a quick reading of the Dracorex article shows that whoever wrote "Dracorex hogwartsia was a dinosaur named for its resemblance to the Hungarian Horntail" misinterpreted something. In the quoted interview, it's clear that Rowling herself suggested it looks like that particular dragon, and it was not Bakker's intent to name it after the Horntail... Dinoguy2 03:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As long as you replace it with another one and keep the DYK's in the same alphabetical order and formatting. Cheers, Spawn Man 02:51, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ichabodcraniosaurus

Can anybody provide reliable sources for Ichabodcraniosaurus? The third link is dead, and the other two go to a mailing list. Corvus cornix_talk 21:28, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to copy this over to WP:DINO, and the specific article, for visibility. As far as I know it was a "gag" name, but it was probably covered in one of Mark Norell's books. The third link is for a French website that has since moved, so I don't know how much help it would be on the English WP. It's usually used as a cite for a name in the brief window between it becoming known and showing up in English sources, as the webmaster gets ahold of names faster than almost anyone else. J. Spencer (talk) 01:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recent fossil pictures without an accompanying article

I recently visited the Beijing Museum of Natural History and I managed to take a number of pics of some "dinosaurs" and some of other interesting fossils (proto avians, fish, alligators, etc), many of which are unique to China. I have added some of the pics I took to articles that already existed, but I have found that there are a number of shots of fossil creatures for which there is no pre-existing article. Anybody here interested in putting together an article for the following orphaned pics?

Fossilized eggs of Elongatoolithus elongatus [1]
Partial skull/jaw of Eoalligator huiningensis [2]
Reversed-impression footprints (ichnites) of Jialingpus yuechiensis [3]
Specimen of Turfanosuchus dabanensis [4]
Specimen of Dalinghesaurus longidigitus [5]
Specimen of Hoopterus gracilis [6]
Specimen (skull close-up) of Parakannemeyeria youngi [7]
Specimen of Laxaspis qujingensis [8]
Head of a specimen of Nochelaspis maeandrine [9]
Specimen of Paralycoptera wui [10]
Specimen of Peipiaosteus pani [11]

I like taking pictures of them, but I can't claim to be an expert, hence this message to the group. I hope someone sees this as a challenge.

Cheers! Captmondo (talk) 00:03, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dagger

Sometimes I can see a dagger (†) in front of names of some groups of dinosaurs or other animals, e.g. in the article Kimmeridgian before Sauropods. What does it mean? Thanks. Jan.Kamenicek (talk) 05:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It means extinct. It's not used universally on WP, however. Firsfron of Ronchester 05:46, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I first thought, but then I got confused when I saw that it was not used in front of Plesiosaurs and Stegosaurs. Thanks. Jan.Kamenicek (talk) 06:14, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question...

wiki is suposed to be from a neutral point of view right? then i think it could be good to look deeper into making the info to suit a creationist point of view as well as evolutionist? right? just wondering...The.smudge (talk) 19:28, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When there are at last some peer-reviewed papers from Creationists which discuss specific dinosaurs, we can take a look at such a possibility; until then, we can't add random Creationist junk into clean scientific articles. It would be giving undue weight to material created without review. Firsfron of Ronchester 07:43, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh...right that makes sence! thanxThe.smudge (talk) 17:20, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Masiakasaurus

Someone might want to take a look at the referenced article. I doubt that a dinosaur would be named after a rock star.--Buster7 (talk) 11:37, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(Belatedly) - The type species certainly was named after Mark Knopfler, making it one of the odder sources for a dinosaur genus or species name, but probably not the oddest. Not in a world where to honor a gas mining company, we get the refreshingly straightforward Gasosaurus. J. Spencer (talk) 03:48, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tyrannosaurus Jane

In the article about Tyrannosaurus there is a picture of a specimen called "Jane".I strongly believe that this specimen does not belong to Tyrannosaurus but to Albertosaurus...I would like to know your opinion on this...please contact me Aggelosdamilos 19 April 2009 15.33 (UTC+2) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aggelosdamilos (talk • contribs) 12:29, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Jane" is a juvenile (or a Nanotyrannus), and as such doesn't have the big robust head of the classic adult, either because it didn't live long enough to grow one, or wouldn't have had one. Incidentally, the type specimen of Nanotyrannus also has an albertosaur look to it, and was first described as Gorgosaurus lancensis. J. Spencer (talk) 22:57, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not only the head...the whole structure of the skeleton reminds me of something more delicate than the heavy duty machine body of a Tyrannosaurus...and the neck looks longer and thiner,maybe unable to lift the head of a T-Rex Aggelosdamilos 20 April 2009 17:11 (UTC+2) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.212.37.178 (talk) 14:13, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But why does it have to be Albertosaurus instead of a young Tyrannosaurus or a Nanotyrannus? J. Spencer (talk) 22:41, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The formation of the legs and the points where the jaw muscles are attached remind me of Albertosaurus...maybe I am wrong,since all I know for dinosaurs is on the level of a simple hobby... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.212.37.214 (talk) 21:49, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't get discouraged - there's always the need to ask questions and reexamine what's gone before. J. Spencer (talk) 23:07, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't agree more with you...you don't ask you don't learn... Aggelosdamilos 22 April 2010 17:40(UTC+2) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.212.37.191 (talk) 14:40, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Portal image?

File:Sydenham_studio.jpg, an engraving of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs might make quite a nice portal selected picture, as an illustration of early, but inaccurate Victorian dinosaur reconstructions. Bob talk 11:21, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question...............

Hi...I really love dinosaurs and I have a couple of questions to ask...firstly what is the difference between Tyrannosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex?I mean T-Rex is a different species of Tyrannosaurus?secondly,why isn't Troodon considered to be a dromeosaurid,like Velociraptor and Deinonychus?Their skeletons seem quite similar and Troodon even has the strange second toe structure of the other dromeosauridae...and my third and last question is,what are the differences between Velociraptor mongoliensis and Velociraptor osmolskae?Thank you in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.212.37.244 (talk) 22:06, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, to answer your first question, Tyrannosaurus is the genus name, while T. rex is the actual species within the genus... some people consider the Tarbosaurus (the species called Tarbosaurus bataar) to be also in the genus Tyrannosaurus, and hence it would be Tyrannosaurus bataar. Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:05, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Well, troodontids and dromaeosaurids are closely related (they are both in Deinonychosauria). Troodontidae and Dromaeosauridae are admittedly arbitrary labels, but they *are* useful for recognizing the differences - in particular, troodontids were more lightly built and had slimmer skulls, which indicate that troodontids were filling different roles than dromaeosaurids. In fact, some troodontids may have been omnivorous.

As for the two species of Velociraptor, a diagnosis (list of different characteristics) for V. osmolskae can be found here. The differences are subtle details of the skull, mostly proportions of the bones and openings. The two species also come from different rock formations. J. Spencer (talk) 05:25, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you a lot!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.212.37.244 (talk) 18:14, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! J. Spencer (talk) 01:41, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Who would be interested in edditing texts on theropods?

Hi everyone,

I'm currently writing my PhD thesis on the evolution of teeth and some cranial bones in non-avian theropods. I have, in the introduction section, chapters on the history of the discovery of theropods, as well as the history of the classification, and the current classification of non-avian theropods. These chapters are quite long and, according to me, much more exhaustive than those I read in the theropod article on Wikipedia. I would love adding them to this article but I don't have time to edit the text to fit to the Wikipedia style, especially the references. Would you be interested in editing my text with the reference I will provide so that these sections can appear in the article on Theropoda? You would also need to correct my English as this is not my mother tong unfortunately. Anyone interested by this task? Many thanks in advance for your consideration,--Christophe Hendrickx (talk) 09:29, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed to move title from "Physiology of dinosaurs" to "Physiology of non-avian dinosaurs"

Please see here, in the discussion thread titled "Accurate title proposed". Regards, Kintaro (talk) 16:08, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Village Pump proposal to delete all Portals

Editors might be interested to see a discussion concerning the proposed deletion of all Portals across Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#RfC:_Ending_the_system_of_portals Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:28, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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