A Cynical Idealist

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Cynical
adj. — "doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile."

Idealist
n. — "a visionary or a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc."

Author of List of sauropodomorph type specimens, one of the top 50 longest Wikipedia articles

Articles written by me
Stubs improved Citipes Haplocheirus Junggarsuchus Kansaignathus Kinnareemimus Kuru Leptorhynchos Overoraptor Pamparaptor Paraxenisaurus Phuwiangvenator Qiupalong Xiongguanlong Zuolong List articles List of marginocephalian type specimens List of sauropodomorph type specimens List of thyreophoran type specimens

Coelurosaur Stubs — PRIORITY

The Coelurosaur Project — Project Headquarters

13 / 60 stubs completed

Boldface indicates priority taxa.

Basal or uncertain coelurosaurs

Tyrannosaurs and megaraptorans

Ornithomimosaurs and therizinosaurs

Alvarezsaurs

Oviraptorosaurs

Non-avian paravians

Higher-order taxa

To-do list — more stubs

Do these first — Carcharodontosaurs, rebbachisaurs, and ceratopsids

Theropods — List

Non-avian theropods

Stem-birds or birds of uncertain affinity

Enantiornithes

Mesozoic euornithes

Sauropodomorphs — List

Non-sauropod sauropodomorphs

Stem-eusauropods

Non-titanosaur macronarians

True Titanosaurs

Ornithischians — List

Misc ornithischians

Marginocephalians

Non-hadrosaurid ornithopods

Hadrosaurids

Personal interests
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Political views

With over 510 million square-kilometers of surface area, the Earth is *almost* large enough to accommodate all the hubris of mankind (*see also: Hatred, Wealth, Pride, and War*)

Sandboxes

The Coelurosaur Project

Project HQ
Shenzhousaurus draft
Lingyuanosaurus draft

The Great Merge

Eudromaeosauria merge draft
Ceratosauria merge draft
Carnosauria merge draft
Infobox testing

Workshops

Cladograms
Tables, etc.

Ongoing Work

Active projects

The Great Merge - discussion here

Overhauls: Paraves then Maniraptora then Coelurosauria
Priority merges:
- Merge Deinonychosauria into Paraves
- Merge Saurornitholestinae, Velociraptorinae, Dromaeosaurinae into Eudromaeosauria
- Merge Abelisauroidea, Ceratosauridae into Ceratosauria
- Merge Allosauridae into Allosauroidea
- Merge Allosauroidea into Carnosauria
- Merge Avebrevicauda, Pygostylia, Ornithothoraces into Avialae
- Merge Ornithurae into Euornithes

Future merges

Sauropodomorphs
- Merge Massopoda, Anchisauria into Sauropodomorpha
- Merge Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda into Sauropoda
Other
- Merge Pterosauromorpha, Dinosauromorpha into Avemetatarsalia
- Merge Novialoidea, Monofenestrata, Caelidracones into Pterosauria
- Merge Eupterodactyloidea, Ornithocheiroidea, Pteranodontoidea into Pterodactyloidea
- Merge Euctenochasmatia, Ctenochasmatoidea into Archaeopterodactyloidea
- Merge Tapejaromorpha into Azhdarchoidea
- Merge Ornithocheirae, Anhangueria into Ornithocheiromorpha
- Merge Cryptoclidia, Leptocleidia into Plesiosauroidea
- Merge Thunnosauria into Parvipelvia
- Merge Elephantiformes, Elephantimorpha, Elephantoidea into Proboscidea

Future projects

Cleaning up my own messes
Paratypes and Neotypes: Add other types to marginocephalia Add other types to thyreophora Overhaul and add other types to ornithopoda

Other projects

Skeleton Crew critters
- Add anatomical info to Jormungandr walhallaensis
- Add info about P. amitabha to Psittacosaurus
- Create: Eoscincus, Microteras, Helioscopos, Limnoscansor
- Expand Dibothrosuchus
Make diagrams for articles I've improved:
- Skulls: Haplocheirus, Junggarsuchus, Kuru, Xiongguanlong, Zuolong
- Skeletals: Haplocheirus, Junggarsuchus, Kansaignathus, Kuru, Leptorhynchos, Overoraptor, Pamparaptor, Phuwiangvenator, Qiupalong
Fix the List of vertebrate fauna of the Maastrichtian stage
Categorize every dinosaur genus into monotypic or multispecific
Crusade against speculative stegosaurid shoulder spines
- The only stegosaurs that are confirmed to have parascapular spines are Kentrosaurus, Gigantspinosaurus, Yingshanosaurus, and Alcovasaurus!
Work on expanding coverage of the Djadochta Formation
- Expand Flaming Cliffs
- Make pages for Tugriken Shireh, Udyn Sayr, Ukhaa Tolgod, and Zamyn Khondt
- Expand: Udanoceratops, Goyocephale, Shuvuuia, Tsaagan, Aepyornithomimus, Khaan, Gobivenator, Saurornithoides
Other geological formations to work on: Yixian Formation, Huincul Formation, Shishugou Formation, Kimmeridge Clay
Completely overhaul: List of lost dinosaur specimens - Adding type specimens from other lists
- Holotypes: Notoceratops, Sinocephale, Alcovasaurus, Heishansaurus, Sauroplites, Stegosaurus madagascariensis, Wuerhosaurus ordosensis, Yingshanosaurus, Massospondylus carinatus, Bruhathkayosaurus, Gongxianosaurus, Anchisaurus polyzelus, Brachiosaurus nougaredi, Gongxianosaurus, Morinosaurus typus, Nopcsaspondylus, Omeisaurus junghsiensis, Plateosaurus engelhardti

Contributions

Article	Contribution	Status
Citipes	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from start-class
Haplocheirus	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Junggarsuchus	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Kansaignathus	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Kinnareemimus	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Kuru kulla	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Leptorhynchos gaddisi	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Lingyuanosaurus	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub	WIP
List of marginocephalian type specimens	Wrote the entire article, maintain the list
List of ornithopod type specimens	Wrote the intro paragraphs
List of sauropodomorph type specimens	Created and wrote the entire article and maintain the list
List of thyreophoran type specimens	Wrote the entire article, maintain the list
Merges (content migrated, redirected)	Averostra, Avetheropoda, Caenagnathoidea, Carnotaurini, Cerapoda, Coelophysidae, Eutyrannosauria, Flagellicaudata, Furileusauria, Gravisauria, Khebbashia, Maniraptoriformes, Neotheropoda, Neovenatoridae, Orionides, Pennaraptora, Plateosauria, Rebbachisaurinae
Overoraptor	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Pamparaptor	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Paraxenisaurus	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Phuwiangvenator	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Qiupalong	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Shenzhousaurus	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub (WIP)	WIP
Xiongguanlong	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub
Zuolong	Wrote the entire article, upgraded from stub