Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Mosasaurus

Mosasaurus

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 10, 2022 by Wehwalt (talk) 14:54, 3 May 2022 (UTC)



Mosasaurus is a genus of the mosasaurs, an extinct group of aquatic scaly reptiles. It lived from about 82 to 66 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous. Its earliest fossils were found as skulls near the River Meuse (Latin Mosa). In 1808, Cuvier concluded that the skulls belonged to a giant marine lizard with similarities to monitors but otherwise unlike any known living animal: this helped support the then-developing idea of extinction. Scientists continue to debate whether its closest living relatives are monitor lizards or snakes. Mosasaurus had jaws capable of swinging back and forth and was capable of powerful bites, using dozens of teeth designed for cutting prey. Its four limbs were shaped into paddles to steer underwater. Mosasaurus was a predator with excellent vision but a poor sense of smell, and a high metabolic rate suggesting it was warm-blooded. Mosasaurus inhabited much of the Atlantic: it lived in a wide range of oceanic climates including tropical, subtropical, temperate, and subpolar.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Cimoliopterus (21 Nov 2021)
 * Main editors: Macrophyseter,
 * Promoted: July 22, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: Dinosaur theme for the release of Jurassic World Dominion
 * Support as nominator. Sheila1988 (talk) 19:37, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment - While I'm a fan of the article, I'm frankly a bit uncomfortable with correlating TFA subjects to commercial events. Hog Farm Talk 21:26, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * True, but there is no explicit mention of JWD anywhere, and the is always a spike in interest in dinosaurs etc. when a Jurassic film comes out. Sheila1988 (talk) 22:44, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I actually did the same with Dilophosaurus when one of the last Jurassic World films came out, our articles may help in clarifying inaccuracies portrayed in the films. Dire wolf was also TFA the day one Game of Thrones season premiered. FunkMonk (talk) 16:42, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm comfortable with support then. (I was fascinated with File:MosasaurDiscovery.jpg as a child). Hog Farm Talk 13:54, 21 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:35, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Support - note that Mosasaurus isn't a dinosaur, but it's part of the film franchise, yes. I think a more impressive image could be found. FunkMonk (talk) 16:42, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. A valuable counterpoint to an inaccurate depiction... A life restoration may help. Lythronaxargestes (talk &#124; contribs) 05:58, 21 April 2022 (UTC)