Talk:Paleofauna of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands

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Did you know... that with more than 20 species, marchflies (example pictured) are the most common insect of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands paleofauna?

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The result was: promoted by Aoidh (talk) 16:40, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Palaeopsychops timmi wing with color patterning

... that some Eocene Okanagan Highlands animals are so finely fossilized that wing hair, coloration (pictured), and internal organs are present? Source: Great Canadian Lagerstätten 1. & Feldmann et al 2011
- ALT1: ... that with over 20 species, marchflies (pictured) are the most common insect of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands paleofauna? Source: Greenwood et al 2005
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Piccolia
- Comment: For alt1 use this image:

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 23:33, 20 December 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing... Onegreatjoke (talk) 01:28, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Kevmin: Good article. AGF on offline citations. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:50, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]