Talk:Jaekelopterus/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: I'll take this on. Chiswick Chap (talk · contribs) 16:08, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Comments
I've fixed a couple of trivial layout errors.


 * Perhaps say in the first sentence that it's an arthropod, as "eurypterid" won't be familiar to all readers.
 * Done. Ichthyovenator (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ancient Greek pteron really only meant "wing".
 * Fixed. Ichthyovenator (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2018 (UTC)


 * You've helpfully glossed chelicera as "claw" in the text; it should also be glossed in the lead.
 * It is glossed as claw in the lead ("Based on the isolated fossil remains of a large chelicera (claw) from the Klerf Formation of Germany...")? Ichthyovenator (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Please wikilink apex predator, Cope's Rule.
 * Done. Ichthyovenator (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Please explain telson, stergite, opisthosome, metastoma when first mentioned (either in text or preferably with a diagram).
 * Done. Explained in text since they first appear at different points in the text and fitting in a diagram would be difficult. "Opisthosome" only appears in the context of "Opisthosomal appendages", but I explained the term there either way. Ichthyovenator (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2018 (UTC)


 * How do we know it had "good swimming abilities", specially if it had a lightweight build? Would that not have meant weak muscles and low speed?
 * Fixed this, the paper actually states that pterygotids were likely highly agile, but not necessarily fast. Ichthyovenator (talk) 16:58, 10 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for taking time to review the article and for the tips. I'll browse through the list of nominations to see if there's anything I feel knowledgeable enough about to review. Ichthyovenator (talk) 17:29, 10 February 2018 (UTC)