Talk:Diodorus scytobrachion

Graphic for estimated size
The article says it was 2.3m long...when I look at the graphic for estimated size: the body is about 1m (one full square), and the tail fills up about half a square, so the size would amount to 1.5m. Am I reading or seeing something wrong? Lectonar (talk) 14:04, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, there are discrepancies between the published size estimated., who made the diagram, can probably explain further. FunkMonk (talk) 14:25, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Diodorus Size Comparison.svg
 * This one is complicated—Holtz's (possibly outdated) appendix from 2011 is used as the source for the 2.3 m estimate. However, none of the known Diodorus fossils scale to an animal of that size, unless one assumes outlandish proportions. Since it cannot be said for certain how many individuals the bones came from, I scaled the silhouette to the holotype (dentary), which produced the largest animal (~1.5 m) assuming average silesaurid proportions. An approximate size breakdown of specimen sizes can be seen here. Hope this helps! -SlvrHwk (talk) 16:40, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Perhaps the caption should state that the diagram is scaled from individual bone measurements? Then it may explain to the reader that it's not based on the overall length measurement given in the article text. FunkMonk (talk) 17:44, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * thanks for the explanation. I took the liberty of pointing out in the article that size could have been up to 2.3m long. I hope this doesn't break your GA-process unduly. Lectonar (talk) 07:10, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. FunkMonk (talk) 09:12, 14 June 2023 (UTC)