Talk:Carcharomodus escheri

Latest comment: 8 days ago by Klbrain in topic Merge proposal 20 May 2024

Merge proposal 20 May 2024

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Proposing that the article for Carcharomodus be merged into Carcharomodus escheri per WP:OVERLAP. The genus is monotypic, C. escheri is the only species in it, and the former article is only one sentence long.

Kodiak Blackjack (talk) • (contribs) 19:16, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

  • Support This article is an artifact of my newbie days to editing. The genus is unlikely to be valid anymore anyways. Macrophyseter | talk 00:59, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Support a merge, but it should go the other way from what is proposed. Species of monotypic genera are to be treated at the genus title per WP:MONOTYPICFAUNA. Plantdrew (talk) 21:45, 21 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    It's more likely that the species will be permanently moved to either Isurus subserratus or Carcharodon subserratus, depending on how the argument by this paper[1] is received by shark authorities. Species name changed due to priority rule. Carcharomodus was doubted since at least 2018, but there's not much publications on the species to get a confident consensus IMO. Fossil shark taxonomy is really messy. Macrophyseter | talk 06:16, 22 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
      Works for me. @Plantdrew I'm fine with moving this page's contents to Carcharomodus for now if that's the policy. @Macrophyseter We can always come back to this in a couple of years once De Schutter's paper has had time to settle. I'll put a reminder on my calendar for May 26th 2026; betting now this will probably end up as Isurus subserratus. — Kodiak Blackjack (talk) • (contribs) 13:14, 24 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 17:23, 12 October 2024 (UTC)Reply