Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology

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

• 07 Nov 2025 – Plagiolophus (mammal) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion

Categories for discussion

• 25 Nov 2025 – Category:Vertebrate paleontologists in Egypt (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Nov 2025 – Category:Egyptian vertebrate paleontologists (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Nov 2025 – Category:Slovak paleontologists (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Nov 2025 – Category:Ethiopian paleontologists (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LibStar (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Nov 2025 – Category:Jacarea (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Nov 2025 – Category:Prehistoric gastropods by taxon (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion

Templates for discussion

• 19 Nov 2025 – Template:Collab-palaeontology (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 18 Nov 2025 – Mascarene teal (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 25 Nov 2025 – Ginkgo (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
• 11 Nov 2025 – Uintatherium (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Borophagus (t · c); start discussion
• 10 Nov 2025 – Holocephali (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gasmasque (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Nov 2025 – Soroavisaurus (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Olmagon (t · c) was promoted by Jens Lallensack (t · c), see discussion

Good topic candidates

• 23 May 2025 – Apatosaurinae (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Augustios Paleo (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 22 Nov 2025 – Archaeoraptor (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 22 Sep 2025 – Monster of Aramberri (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Amirani1746 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 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

• 26 Oct 2025 – Draft:Tachypleus decheni (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Prehistoric Park 2005 (t · c) was declined by Guninvalid (t · c) on 24 Nov 2025

Article quality statistics

Palaeontology articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	4	26	22	73			125
FL		1					1
FM					13		13
GA	9	42	32	216			299
B	18	180	169	841			1,208
C	6	150	271	1,784		2	2,213
Start		72	377	5,424		2	5,875
Stub		4	160	14,286			14,450
List	3	24	55	767			849
Category					5,736		5,736
Disambig					26		26
File					53		53
Portal					693		693
Project					65		65
Redirect		1	1	15	1,931		1,948
Template					487		487
Other					7		7
Assessed	40	500	1,087	23,406	9,011	4	34,048
Unassessed		1				1	2
Total	40	501	1,087	23,406	9,011	5	34,050
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 128,909			Ω = 5.34