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A fact from Barghoornia appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the fossil torchwood genus Barghoornia was named in honor of paleobotanist Elso Barghoorn?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Barghoornia.

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 22:26, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the fossil torchwood genus Barghoornia was named in honor of paleobotanist Elso Barghoorn? Source: Wolfe & Wehr 1987
- ALT1:... that the extinct torchwood Barghoornia was described by artist Wesley Wehr? Source: Historylink and Wolfe& Wehr

Reviewed: Evermannichthys bicolor

Moved to mainspace by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 04:49, 10 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

free of copyvio, long enough, recent enough, cited, first hook is most interesting definitely. that hook is cited and content is in source. good to go. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:47, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]