Wikipedia:WikiProject Paleontology

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:

Did you know

• 08 Jun 2026 – Megistaspis (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by African Mud Turtle (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 16 Jun 2026 – List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Malta (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Redirects for discussion

• 24 Jun 2026 – Unsolved problems in diagnostic imaging (talk · edit · hist) →Magnetic resonance imaging was RfDed by Ixfd64 (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Jun 2026 – Thunder scorpion (talk · edit · hist) →Praearcturus was RfDed by Plantdrew (t · c); see discussion

Miscellany for deletion

• 25 Jun 2026 – Draft:Collosogavis (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by Loopy30 (t · c) was closed as delete by Newyorkbrad (t · c) on 26 Jun 2026; see discussion

Good article nominees

• 28 Jun 2026 – Research history of Anoplotherium (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 28 Jun 2026 – Anoplotheriidae (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 02 Jun 2026 – Phorusrhacos (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); start discussion
• 01 Jun 2026 – Lophiodon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Jan 2026 – Siderian (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Alex26337 (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Jan 2026 – Himalayan fossil hoax (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Dec 2025 – Choeropotamus (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start discussion

Requested moves

• 18 Jun 2026 – Kank australis (talk · edit · hist) move request to Kank by Rusalkii (t · c) was moved to Kank (talk · edit · hist); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 17 Mar 2026 – Spinosaurus mirabilis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Spinosaurus by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 13 Jun 2026 – List of sauropodomorph type specimens (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Zsteve21 (t · c); see discussion
• 24 May 2026 – Tylosaurus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Macrophyseter (t · c); see discussion
• 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

• 28 Apr 2026 – Draft:Trigonioidoidea (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AlSardine (t · c)
• 03 Mar 2026 – Draft:Paleoheritage (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Porter314 (t · c)

Article quality statistics

Palaeontology articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	4	26	22	78			130
FL		1					1
FM					15		15
GA	9	42	33	227			311
B	18	180	176	881		14	1,269
C	6	154	271	1,902		9	2,342
Start		73	386	5,793		14	6,266
Stub		2	158	14,476		13	14,649
List	3	24	55	785		3	870
Category					5,781		5,781
Disambig					26		26
File					53		53
Portal					693		693
Project					67		67
Redirect			4	56	1,917		1,977
Template					924		924
Other					15		15
Assessed	40	502	1,105	24,198	9,491	53	35,389
Unassessed				1		2	3
Total	40	502	1,105	24,199	9,491	55	35,392
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 133,021			Ω = 5.33