Talk:Trachelosauridae

Requested move 15 March 2024

 * 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: moved. (non-admin closure) Killarnee (talk) 22:53, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Dinocephalosauridae → Trachelosauridae – A recent study (Spiekman et al. 2024) has redescribed the extinct reptile Trachelosaurus, and found it to be a member of the family which Spiekman et al. (2021) had named Dinocephalosauridae. Trachelosaurus was previously given its own monotypic family Trachelosauridae, which was named in 1919. Now that Dinocephalosauridae and Trachelosauridae are understood to be the same taxonomic grouping, the Principle of Priority states that the latter name should be used over the former. I doubt that there will be much disagreement in the literature: the anatomical implications are clear and Stephan Spiekman is the first author for both the 2021 and 2024 studies. I'm requesting a move since Trachelosauridae is a page which currently exists as a redirect to Trachelosaurus, so moving Dinocephalosauridae myself would be unproductive. NGPezz (talk) 15:09, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Support move per the above reasons. Per priority and new insights gained from thorough research on fossil specimens, it is apparent that the name "Trachelosauridae" be used in place of "Dinocephalosauridae". -SlvrHwk (talk) 15:39, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Support. This should be pretty uncontroversial. It would have been much quicker to just make a request at WP:RMT though. —  Trilletrollet  [ Talk &#124; Contribs ] 16:50, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

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 * Support Trachelosauridae clearly has priority, and given that Dinocephalosauridae was only erected 3 years ago there is it has little historical weight of use. Hemiauchenia (talk) 05:06, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Support per above. --Slate Weasel &#91;Talk - Contribs&#93; 15:25, 17 March 2024 (UTC)