Template:Did you know nominations/Dacrytherium
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:56, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
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Dacrytherium
- ... that the mammal Dacrytherium had a large "tear-pit" in front of its eye (pictured)? Source: The Ancient Mammals of Britain. III.- The Lower Tertiary Period. https://books.google.com/books?id=nVFDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=%22dacrytherium%22#v=onepage&q=%22dacrytherium%22&f=false
- ALT1: ... that Dacrytherium literally means "tear beast" because of its "tear-pit" (pictured)? Source: North American fauna, no. 23 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83341#page/222/mode/1up
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- Comment: Tear-pit is a synonym for the lacrimal fossa.
Created by PrimalMustelid (talk). Self-nominated at 03:54, 30 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dacrytherium; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Overall: Personally think ALT1 is slightly better.: Olmagon (talk) 18:45, 31 October 2023 (UTC)