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Section size for Dinosaur (39 sections)
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(Top)	10,211	10,211
Definition	4,261	17,113
General description	6,036	6,036
Distinguishing anatomical features	6,816	6,816
History of study	58	34,563
Pre-scientific history	994	994
Early dinosaur research	6,015	6,015
Discoveries in North America	2,951	2,951
"Dinosaur renaissance" and beyond	7,082	7,082
Soft tissue and molecular preservation	17,463	17,463
Evolutionary history	25	20,050
Origins and early evolution	12,122	12,122
Evolution and paleobiogeography	7,903	7,903
Classification	3,332	23,664
Taxonomy	12,345	12,345
Timeline of major groups	7,987	7,987
Paleobiology	1,886	59,065
Size	3,197	14,926
Largest and smallest	11,729	11,729
Behavior	6,012	6,012
Communication	3,222	3,222
Reproductive biology	8,948	8,948
Physiology	24,071	24,071
Origin of birds	1,931	15,003
Feathers	8,316	8,316
Skeleton	1,075	1,075
Soft anatomy	1,652	1,652
Behavioral evidence	2,029	2,029
Extinction of major groups	5,201	37,192
Pre-extinction diversity	5,973	5,973
Impact event	10,137	10,137
Deccan Traps	12,991	12,991
Possible Paleocene survivors	2,890	2,890
Cultural depictions	3,662	3,662
See also	300	300
Notes	34	34
References	55,102	55,102
Bibliography	16,460	16,460
Further reading	2,509	2,509
Total	294,928	294,928

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let me edit I have lots of cool dino facts. 207.251.101.34 (talk) 18:07, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. CMD (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Trimming

I'm think we should remove the list of the different dinosaur groups in the Taxonomy section. This article is already pretty long and I think it would look better with a cladogram of the major groups. LittleJerry (talk) 04:29, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

the taxonomy part looks really bad on mobile

not really something urgent but it's just so annoying to have to read individual letters like

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s 2A00:11B1:10E0:1F34:8920:4A01:451E:DE11 (talk) 20:03, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dinosaurs aren't Alive

How are Dinosaurs alive? Birds are not dinosaurs, they have no relation with dinos. Syringeful Tiger (talk) 07:51, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All Birds are technically Dinosaurs but not all Dinosaurs are Birds. Zyxrq (talk) 17:02, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zyxrq Yes, I've read it. But I don't understand how birds are directly dinosaurs. Syringeful Tiger (talk) 06:55, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you use a Cladistics-based classification system, all descendants of a particular common ancestor are members of that cladistic group. Under this system, birds are considered Dinosauria (ie. dinosaurs). CMD (talk) 07:08, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Birds are Theropods and are part of the Coelurosauria clade. So technically speaking they are dinosaurs. If they weren’t then the entire Coelurosauria clade aren’t dinosaurs ExplorerKing (talk) 15:41, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, now I understood everything. Syringeful Tiger (talk) 03:06, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]