User:NGPezz
Hello, and welcome to my user page!
My real name is Neil Pezzoni, I am a Geosciences BSc with a passion for learning about extinct life and how ecosystems transform through time. Since 2017, I have been an active editor for WikiProject Paleontology and WikiProject Geology, with coverage spanning from Paleozoic chronostratigraphy to modern endangered reptiles and everything in between.
If you were to ask me what my favorite geological period was, I would pick the Triassic nine-times-out-of-ten. Truth be told, I have some degree of interest in practically every extinct species, from the most inconspicuous of brachiopods to the most charismatic of dinosaurs. Our understanding of prehistoric life is dynamic and ever-evolving, just as much as life itself. As much as I appreciate the information professional paleontologists continue to glean from the remnants of the past, I am also reminded just how much is lost to the ravages of time and extinction.
With engagement algorithms and misinformation clogging up scientific outreach efforts on for-profit social media platforms, I see Wikipedia as a viable and ever-improving conduit of information from peer-reviewed journals to the concerned public. I can personally thank Wikipedia for reinvigorating my interest in scientific research; I never would have pursued my degree without that spark of intrigue. We all deserve a chance to understand the beauty and fragility of extinct life, so that we may better appreciate the value of what survives.
My commons page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NGPezz. I have previously presented the username "Fanboyphilosopher" on Wiki sites.
Selected articles
Beyond the articles listed here, I have contributed to the expansions of many additional pages which are not yet re-assessed by the WikiProject quality scale.{{Collapse top|GA-class}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|*East Kirkton Quarry
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- Archer City Formation
- Acherontiscus
- Bear Gulch Limestone
- Boii (genus)
- Carnufex
- Chinese water dragon
- Cladoselache
- Cow Knob salamander
- Dendromaia
- Helicoprion
- Ischigualasto Formation
- Prestosuchus
- Stromatoporoidea
- Tanystropheus
- Tasmaniosaurus
- Thalattosauria
- Westlothiana
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- Acerosodontosaurus
- Asilisaurus
- Asteriornis
- Cabarzia
- Chindesaurus
- Colobops
- Gnathovorax
- Gunakadeit
- Jesairosaurus
- Kadimakara australiensis
- Kongonaphon
- Manubrantlia
- Marasuchus
- Mecistotrachelos
- Noasauridae
- Nundasuchus
- Opisthodontia (reptile)
- Polymorphodon
- Rugarhynchos
- Sapheosaur
- Seymouria
- Timezgadiouine Formation
- Vancleavea
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Gallery
Many images I upload through Wikimedia Commons are directly sourced from open-access journals or museum photos, but some (seen below) are my own work. Most of these illustrations are derived or inspired from published diagrams, with the addition of color-coding (to distinguish the shape and position of component bones) and other supplemental edits.
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|File:Taytalura skull diagram.png|
|File:Trucidocynodon skull diagram.png|
|File:Maxillate placoderms lateral view diagram.png|
|File:Kalaallitkigun jaw diagram.png|
|File:Bellairsia skull diagram.png|
|File:Daemonosaurus skull diagram.png|
|File:Orovenator skull diagram.png|
|File:Lesothosaurus skull diagram.png|
|File:Protorosaurus skull diagram.png|
|File:Whatcheeria skull diagram.png|
|File:Yuornis skull diagram.png|
|File:Effigia skull diagram.png|
|File:Palatodonta skull diagram.png|
|File:Alemoatherium jaw diagram.png|
|File:Helicoprion skull diagram (NP).png|
|File:Polymorphodon snout bones.png|
|File:Rugarhynchos cranial diagram.png|
|File:Microleter skull diagram.png|
|File:Concavispina skull diagram.png|
|File:Thalattosaurus skull diagram.png|
|File:Asilisaurus skull diagram.png|
|File:Colobomycter skull diagram.png|
|File:Luperosuchus cranium diagram.png|
|File:Seymouria skull diagrams.png|
|File:Venaticosuchus skull diagram.png|
|File:Lamarquesaurus maxilla.png|
|File:Petrolacosaurus skull diagram.png|
|File:Sophineta cranium diagram.png|
|File:Acerosodontosaurus color coded skull diagram.png|
|File:Redondavenator snout diagram.png|
|File:Buriolestes skull color coded.png|
|File:Qianosuchus skull color coded.png|
|File:Vancleavea skull color coded.png|
|File:Manubrantlia jaws.png|
|File:Sphenovipera silhouette.png|
|File:Bohaiornis skull reconstruction.png|
|File:Prolacertoides skull reconstruction.png|
|File:Opisthodont jaws.png|
|File:Nectosaurus skull.tif|
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{{Collapse top|Skull diagrams (dorsal or ventral view)}}
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|File:Gaiasia skull diagram.png|
|File:Odonterpeton skull diagram.png|
|File:Maxillate placoderms dorsal view diagram.png|
|File:Megalocephalus skull diagram.png|
|File:Eucritta skull diagram.png|
|File:Proterogyrinus skull diagram.png|
|File:Westlothiana skull diagram.png|
|File:Rhinesuchid skull and otic region.png|
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|File:Gojirasaurus scale and skeletal.png|
|File:Daraelites diagram.png|
|File:Artinskia diagram.png|
|File:Neopronorites diagram.png|
|File:Protocanites diagram.png|
|File:Pederpes fossil illustration.png|
|File:Lagosuchus fossil illustration.png|
|File:Oncodella paucidentata.png|
|File:Abyssomedon fossil illustration.png|
|File:Erpetonyx fossil illustration.png|
|File:Borchgrevinkium diagram.png|
|File:Cabarzia fossil illustration.png|
|File:Ignotosaurus illium.png|
|File:Hynerpeton medial shoulder.png|
|File:Vancleavea osteoderm diagram.png|
|File:Acherontiscus skeletal.png|
|File:Yungavolucris holotype tarsometatarsus.png|
|File:Yixianosaurus slab diagram (png).png|
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|File:Tribosphenic molar diagram.png|
|File:Fins to hands.png|
|File:Haldanodon molars.png|
|File:Hangenberg Event stratigraphy.png|
|File:Oyuklu magnetostratigraphy.png|
|File:Prestosuchus hip diagram.png|
|File:Trihecaton vertebrae.png|
|File:Batrachotomus calcaneum labelled.png|
|File:Poposaurus hip.png|
|File:Vancleavea hip.png|
|File:Vancleavea ankle.png|
|File:Nundasuchus ankle.png|
|File:Teleocrater vertebrae.png|
|File:Aphanosaur calcanea.png|
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|File:Kongonaphon life restoration.png|
|File:Eldeceeon life restoration.png|
|File:Teleocrater v1.png|
|File:Doswellia kaltenbachi life restoration.png|
|File:Cruralispennia reconstruction.tif|
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