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September 2023—Issue 022

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Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

File:Featured article star.svg List of cercopithecoids by PresN File:Featured article star.svg List of tapaculos by AryKun File:Featured article star.svg Polar bear by Little Jerry File:Featured article star.svg Ohmdenosaurus by Jens Lallensack File:Symbol support vote.svg Amargatitanis by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack File:Symbol support vote.svg Teloschistaceae by Esculenta, reviewed by Chiswick Chap File:Symbol support vote.svg Holozoa by Snoteleks, reviewed by Esculenta File:Symbol support vote.svg Ashy flycatcher by AryKun, reviewed by Jens Lallensack File:Symbol support vote.svg Nyctibatrachus radcliffei by AryKun, reviewed by Jens Lallensack File:Symbol support vote.svg Carcharodontosaurus by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by SilverTiger12 File:Symbol support vote.svg Life by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Jens Lallensack File:Symbol support vote.svg Apatosaurinae by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack File:Symbol support vote.svg Hypericum perforatum by Fritzmann2002, reviewed by Femke

Newly nominated content

File:Cscr-candidate.svg Mountain pigeon by AryKun File:Cscr-candidate.svg List of hominoids by PresN File:Cscr-candidate.svg List of cranes by AryKun File:Cscr-candidate.svg List of tarsiiformes by PresN File:GA candidate.svg Lycorma meliae by Etriusus File:GA candidate.svg Aristonectes by Amirani1746 File:GA candidate.svg Animal echolocation by Chiswick Chap File:GA candidate.svg Hyalospheniidae by Snoteleks File:GA candidate.svg Buellia frigida by Esculenta

Contest results

The first edition of our new monthly contest had perhaps a little less participation than I hoped for, but it still resulted in a huge amount of content work, mainly focussed on de-stubbing articles on little-known species, although we did also see two GAs for Holozoa and Hypericum perforatum. Overall, over 60 articles were improved, with most going from stubs or redlinks to fully fleshed out articles. The winner this month was Simongraham, who improved 21 articles about spiders, mainly to B and C class, and racked up 70 points, over twice the next highest. Hopefully, we'll continue to see such great work next month, with even more participants and even more articles improved.
Also anyone who wants to help coordinate the contest can just drop by at the talk page, I really need help.

September DYKs

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Republicopteron douseae fossil

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Male Phallichthys fish

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Mimodactylus reconstruction

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Adult ashy flycatcher

• ... that with all known Palae­orehniidae fossils (example pictured) being incomplete, the relationships of the family are uncertain? (September 2)
• ... that butterfly collector Ian Heslop was once required to supervise an execution? (September 3)
• ... that the Munich Mouser, Neville Chamberlain's pet, and Nelson, Winston Churchill's pet, had a rivalry during World War II? (September 6)
• ... that Phal­lich­thys (literally 'penis fish') species are so called because the males (example pictured) have "comparatively huge" sex appendages? (September 8)
• ... that merry widows like soft bottoms? (September 10)
• ... that Mimodactylus (reconstruction pictured) is the first complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent? * ... that small Poecilia gillii males have longer sex organs than larger males, to facilitate mating with females that flee from them? (September 12)
• ... that the dwarf merry widow is not very brave? (September 13)
• ... that dwarf mollies hit rock bottom when they grow up? (September 14)
• ... that the Siberian crane is considered more threatened than the whooping crane, despite there being an estimated ten times more of them? (September 15)
• ... that one way to tell the African dusky flycatcher apart from the ashy flycatcher (example pictured) is that the former is "cuter"? (September 18)
• ... that the spiky inedible grass Triodia scintillans tastes like salt and vinegar chips? (September 19)
• ... that the bicolor molly inevitably goes off the deep end in adulthood? (September 27)
• ... that the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve is the only known nesting area for the eastern great egret in New Zealand? (September 28)

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