Template:Did you know nominations/Continuoolithus

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:32, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Continuoolithus

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• ... that a tiny embryonic skeleton found inside the fossil dinosaur egg Continuoolithus may have been only 8-10 days into development at death, making it the youngest fossil vertebrate ever discovered? Horner, 1997 "the embryo may have died between its eighth and tenth days of embryogenesis [...] it constitutes not only the smallest, but the youngest skeleton of any fossil vertebrate embryo reported to date"
  • ALT1:... that a tiny embryonic skeleton found inside the fossil dinosaur egg Continuoolithus died approximately 8-10 days into development, making it the youngest fossil vertebrate ever discovered?
  • ALT2:... that the parents of the dinosaur egg Continuoolithus buried their nests in mud and vegetation to incubate their eggs?

• Reviewed: Ciomadul

5x expanded by Ashorocetus (talk). Self-nominated at 02:13, 24 February 2017 (UTC).

• Beautiful article! Long enough, 5 x expanded on the indicated day, meticulously referenced. Hook facts (all three) occur in the article and are referenced to a reliable offline source. Hooks are all interesting, my personal favourite is ALT1. AGF on sources which are offline or behind paywalls, also for plagiarism. QPQ successfully done. This one is good to go, for the original hook and both of the ALTs. --Pgallert (talk) 13:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)