Talk:ichthyosaur

RFM discussion: October 2018–February 2024

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ichthyosaur vs. ichthyosaurus, and other terms like these.

I'm in a dispute with an editor over the exact meaning and differences between these two terms - are they the same or must we tell apart the order from the genus? Is there is a standard to follow? Дрейгорич (talk) 15:55, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

The standard is making a survey of contemporary and past usages and using that to inform the definitions. DTLHS (talk) 16:15, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and cleaned up the definitions, and linked to the scientific genus in the entry in case anyone wants that. Дрейгорич (talk) 16:23, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

• The dispute mentioned by OP. — excarnateSojourner (ta·co) 20:02, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

• Settled, apparently Lfellet (talk) 11:30, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

  I hope there is a link in each of these kinds of entries to the taxonomic name. The link could be either in the etymology or the definition, even in both. Links to WP, wikispecies, and commons would be nice. DCDuring (talk) 19:12, 10 February 2024 (UTC)