Talk:Polyptychoceras

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Did you know... that fossil collectors often call Polyptychoceras vancouverensis the "paperclip ammonite" or the "candy cane", due to its shape?

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Latest comment: 18 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I have inserted some invisible ("commented-out" in Wikispeak) queries and suggestions in the text: they show up in red in this diff. Some further queries

"heteromorph ammonite" Does heteromorph" say anything that "non-typical" wouldn't say? A typical coiled ammonite needs to be noted and Polyptichoceras distinguished from it somewhere in this article.
What is polyptych-like about this shell? Not every reader will understand -ceras.
"Named by Yabe": full names on first introduction, just as in real life.
"Polyptychoceras lived and travelled in schools" How this was deduced is at least as interesting as this assertion.
"a benthic mode of life". Eating detritus? Any additional detail would subtly remind the reader what "benthic" means.
"The body would not have been resistant to the pressing shell." Impenetrable. Weight under water? The shell is not neutrally buoyant? Can't even guess.

Remember, you're speaking to encyclopedia-readers, not marine palaeontologists. --Wetman (talk) 02:38, 10 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

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