Template:Did you know nominations/Timeline of pterosaur research

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:15, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Timeline of pterosaur research[edit]

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The pterosaur Pterodactylus portrayed as the handiwork of Satan

...that early in the history of pterosaur research, these flying Mesozoic reptiles were variously mistaken for aquatic animals, bats, birds, and even the spawn of Satan (pictured)?Ralph O’Connor. Victorian saurians: The linguistic prehistory of the modern dinosaur. Journal of Victorian Culture, 17(4):492–504, December 2012.

Created by Abyssal (talk). Self-nominated at 23:55, 26 October 2016 (UTC).

New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced. Every paragraph is cited, yielding an impressive 232 cites. No close paraphrasing seen in online sources. Offline hook refs are AGF and cited inline. Image is public domain. To expedite this nomination for Halloween per the nominator's request on my talk page, I would like to donate one of my QPQs: Template:Did you know nominations/Lee B. Laskin. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:41, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much @Yoninah:. Your fast review was amazing. And you even did the QPQ. I owe you a lot. Abyssal (talk) 00:04, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

My pleasure! Yoninah (talk) 00:10, 28 October 2016 (UTC)