Talk:Scelidotheriidae

Requested move 28 September 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 04:09, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Scelidotheriidae → Scelidotheriinae – Scelidotheriidae is misspelled Lmalena 19:07, 28 September 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. UtherSRG (talk) 01:03, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Presslee et al. 2019 spells it as "Scelidotheriidae" (as a family, not a subfamily.) Magnatyrannus (talk &#124; contribs) 20:13, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Not a misspelling. The article also cites Nieto et al. 2020, which has Scelidotherium in Mylodontidae in the title (which implies Scelidotheriinae is a subfamily), but calls Scelidotheriinae a family (not subfamily) in the abstract (I haven't found full text of Nieto). Perhaps there studies post-Presslee arguing for subfamily status, but the inconsistency in the Nieto abstract makes it a poor source, and I suspect family vs. subfamily isn't really something that Nieto addresses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plantdrew (talk • contribs) 16:26, 29 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose - Changes to taxonomy articles are done by following the secondary sources, not the primary research papers. This helps to ensure that the change is one that is accepted by a significant portion of the scientific community. Also, I'm going to relist this so that appropriate WikiProject(s) can be notified. UtherSRG (talk) 01:02, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Mammals has been notified of this discussion. UtherSRG (talk) 01:02, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Palaeontology has been notified of this discussion. UtherSRG (talk) 01:02, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Relisting comment: Relisted to provide time for Project members UtherSRG (talk) 01:03, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Oppose given untenable rationale and Hemiauchenia's comment. Lythronaxargestes (talk &#124; contribs) 01:06, 6 October 2022 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Comment "Misspelling" is obviously a bogus reason. idae/inae indicates family/subfamily status respectively. Having had a look on scholar, the usage of "inae" seems more prevalent in literature over the last several years, but it doesn't seem hugely pressing to change it, given the current in-flux state of sloth taxonomy. Hemiauchenia (talk) 01:07, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Lythronaxargestes. YorkshireExpat (talk) 08:17, 8 October 2022 (UTC)