Topic: Pterosaur BUR

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

Bugabond

Member

The bulk update request #10957 is pending approval.

create implication anurognathid (3) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication rhamphorhynchid (1) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication ornithocheiroid (0) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication tapejaroid (1) -> pterosaur (5652)
create alias tapejarid (2) -> tapejaroid (1)
create alias azhdarchidae (1) -> azhdarchid (70)

Reason: I've noticed that there's actually very few relations attached to the pterosaur tag, so I added a bunch more.

- I opted to group all pterosaurs from Ornithocheiroidea together, since they've got a very characteristic beak shape which is usually what would make the TWYS possible if the author didn't specify the species. It is possible to make more granular family tags for them, but I think it's redundant. The exact same thing is happening with Tapejaroidea - there are two families, but one of them has only two species and the characteristic skull shape is shared across the superfamily. I think it's better to have it done this way
- There is no creature called "Anurognathis", it appears to be a misspelling of "Anurognathus"
- I think including the "_(species)" suffix for Tropeognathus is entirely redundant. There don't appear to be any other tags that could be confused for it on the site, and googling "Tropeognathus" only gives results related to the pterosaur
- Skiphosoura, Pterodaustro, Barbaridactylus, and Aussiedraco don't have clearly defined taxonomy, so I think it's best to have them attached directly to pterosaur. Dsungaripterus does have clear taxonomy, but the other members of its family seem extremely niche and have no representation on the site, nor do I expect them to ever have any. If I am proven wrong a family tag can be added for it later.
- Gallodactylus is weird. It's sometimes called a synonym of Cycnorhamphus (technically they've been synonymized in 2012), but in 2014 it got included in a taxonomy paper under its own name and the sources I use don't actually list it as a synonym of anything

I believe this list includes all pterosaur tags from posts that already were tagged as pterosaur, but it's possible I missed some, and I DEFINITELY missed the ones from posts that didn't have the pterosaur tag attached

Updated

Bugabond

Member

The bulk update request #10958 is pending approval.

remove implication tupandactylus (9) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication tupandactylus (9) -> tapejaroid (1)
create implication thalassodromeus (3) -> tapejaroid (1)
create implication tapejara (2) -> tapejaroid (1)
create implication anurognathus (4) -> anurognathid (3)
create alias anurognathis (0) -> anurognathus (4)
create implication hatzegopteryx (6) -> azhdarchid (70)
create implication phosphatodraco (1) -> azhdarchid (70)
create implication navajodactylus (2) -> azhdarchid (70)
create implication alanqa (1) -> azhdarchid (70)
create implication rhamphorhynchus (12) -> rhamphorhynchid (1)
create implication dearc (2) -> rhamphorhynchid (1)
create implication ornithocheirus (1) -> ornithocheiroid (0)
create implication cearadactylus (5) -> ornithocheiroid (0)
create alias tropeognathus_(species) (2) -> tropeognathus (1)
create implication tropeognathus (1) -> ornithocheiroid (0)
create implication coloborhynchus (3) -> ornithocheiroid (0)
create implication skiphosoura (1) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication pterodaustro (2) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication barbaridactylus (2) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication dsungaripterus (4) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication aussiedraco (1) -> pterosaur (5652)
create implication gallodactylus (1) -> pterosaur (5652)

Reason: Part 2 - finishing it up with genus-level implications, had to split them apart due to the 25 tag BUR limit