Talk:Sinopterus

Hauxiapterus
Am having a problem with the reference to the following sentence
 * In the same paper describing this species, the species Huaxiapterus atavismus was also named.

Unfortunately the link is dead. When I went to look for the reference the problems started; Can a subject-matter expert have a look at this and try to sort out whether the reference is valid or not? The ref is used on Huaxiapterus as well. Skullcinema (talk) 16:20, 10 June 2022 (UTC).
 * 1) According to Acta Geologica Sinica  the 1996 volume only has 6 issues, the reference stating issue 9. Also the stated page number is outside the range of the six issues for that year.
 * 2) I can only find an abstract on Research Gate  and nowhere else (not an exhaustive search).
 * 3) There is a 2106 paper from Dr Lu in Acta Geologica Sinica  but with a completely different title.
 * 4) It does however reference a 2006 publication (Reference Lu 2006a in above paper) that has a closer title 'Pterosaurs from China'.

Revision
So now the species have finally been reshuffled, which leaves us with a few issues to solve. Following that paper, we should merge Huaxiapterus as a synonym here, and split off Nemicolopterus as a nomen dubium. Huaxiadraco‎ is a new genus based on H. corollatus (with H. benxiensis as a synonym), and S. dongi is monotypic (all other species being synonyms). Too early for these drastic changes? FunkMonk (talk) 23:02, 9 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Support AFH (talk) 23:09, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Looking at it the better part of a year later, have these proposed changes been accepted by researchers? SilverTiger12 (talk) 13:43, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * It would be wise to check the literature published since then to see if theres any support for the recovered positions. If there is, the changes should be uncontroversial and would have my support. The Morrison Man (talk) 19:30, 16 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Note: WikiProject Palaeontology has been notified of this discussion. PrimalMustelid (talk) 22:16, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

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