This WikiProject, WikiProject Palaeontology, aims to organise an effort to expand and improve Wikipedia's coverage of palaeontology-related articles. Please feel free to ask questions on our talk page or our chatroom (Discord server).

If you wish to participate in this project, please list your name to participants, and take a look at our open tasks.

We are currently working towards five major milestones:

Today's featured articles

• 13 May 2025 – Nasutoceratops (talk ·  · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Today's featured article requests

• 28 Jul 2025 – Edward Drinker Cope (talk ·  · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

• 04 May 2025 – Proceratosaurus (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion
• 01 May 2025 – Sima de los Huesos hominins (talk ·  · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dunkleosteus77 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 01 May 2025 – Cladistic classification of Sarcopterygii (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by Kiwi Rex (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 08 May 2025; see discussion (5 participants)

Featured article candidates

• 07 Mar 2025 – Peking Man (talk ·  · hist) was FA nominated by Dunkleosteus77 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 10 May 2025 – Saratovia (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by LittleLazyLass (t · c); start
• 05 May 2025 – Stenoplesictis (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start
• 02 May 2025 – Sima de los Huesos hominins (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Dunkleosteus77 (t · c); start
• 23 Apr 2025 – Plagiolophus (mammal) (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start
• 19 Apr 2025 – Succinipatopsis (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by RenaMoonn (t · c); start
• 12 Apr 2025 – The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by Rusalkii (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Mar 2025 – Antennipatus (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by RenaMoonn (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Mar 2025 – Cretoperipatus (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by RenaMoonn (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Feb 2025 – Amphimerycidae (talk ·  · hist) was GA nominated by PrimalMustelid (t · c); start

Peer reviews

• 05 May 2025 – Amphimeryx (talk ·  · hist) has been put up for PR by PrimalMustelid (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 12 Apr 2025 – Pteraspidomorphi (talk ·  · hist) is requested to be moved to Pteraspidomorpha by Jako96 (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Apr 2025 – Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi (talk ·  · hist) is requested to be moved to Colossal Biosciences' Dire Wolf Project by Blockhaj (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 01 Mar 2025 – Epanterias (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to Allosaurus by KATgeneral1900 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Feb 2025 – Thylacosmiliformes (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to Sparassodonta by Hemiauchenia (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Feb 2025 – Aristonectinae (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to Aristonectidae by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 21 Aug 2023 – Kota Formation (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fritzmann2002 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 04 May 2025 – Draft:Cycliomedusa (talk ·  · hist) has been submitted for AfC by DevonHalDraedle (t · c)