Claim
The claim concerns holotype IMMNH-PV01700, a nearly complete but incomplete Early Cretaceous skeleton from Liaoning dated to approximately 120 million years ago; polyphyodonty is inferred from tooth replacement patterns, while semiaquatic locomotion is a comparative CVA inference based on 124 extant species and nine semiaquatic reference species.
47 words; atomic claims are usually under 25a conjunction joins clauses that may be separately evaluablea comma-separated series may list several propositionsTopics
Not filed under any topic yet.
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 3 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:303c930b-d8a0-8a38-bfa2-c6a9c889133c
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The article identifies one incomplete holotype from Liaoning and dates its formation to approximately 120 million years ago. weight 1.800000 evidence
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported.
0.9955 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 1 of 4 · stability HIGH · 3 sources, 3 independent lineages
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73e6b685 support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation ARCHAEOLOGICAL 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
| 61f1c402 support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
| e8db93dc support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DATASET_RESULT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 5.400000 (the counted weights) = 5.400000 → probability 0.9955
Your view
Registered views
Nobody has registered a view yet.
Evidence for
-
From A polyphyodont, semiaquatic eutriconodontan mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
-
From A polyphyodont, semiaquatic eutriconodontan mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
-
From A polyphyodont, semiaquatic eutriconodontan mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
None.
Suppressed as dependent
None.
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
| From | Relationship | To |
|---|---|---|
| c889133c | NARROWS | efd27530 |
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 73e6b685, 61f1c402, e8db93dc |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The article identifies one incomplete holotype from Liaoning and dates its formation to approximately 120 million years ago. 1092f75e
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found something; see the counted evidence. ed1451a7
Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:303c930b-d8a0-8a38-bfa2-c6a9c889133c
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 25426 | APPENDED | |
| 25427 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 25435 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
Score trace
{
"claim": "303c930b-d8a0-8a38-bfa2-c6a9c889133c",
"links": [
{
"link": "331ceaa5-fc34-88b5-b096-c5e873e6b685",
"group": null,
"edition": "NAMED_OR_UNRELATED",
"evidence": "d6a3fb9c-649f-8db0-b757-1d0d1092f75e",
"direction": "SUPPORT",
"magnitude": "1.800000",
"relevance": "DIRECT",
"extraction": "UNVERIFIED",
"provenance": "INDEPENDENT",
"observation": "ARCHAEOLOGICAL",
"source_type": "PRIMARY_TEXT",
"authenticity": "UNVERIFIED",
"audit_confirmed": false,
"effective_weight": "1.800000",
"interpretive_steps": 0
},
{
"link": "f78afe58-4db5-8ff3-930a-038261f1c402",
"group": null,
"edition": "NAMED_OR_UNRELATED",
"evidence": "45647b97-ff7e-8eb7-b8f3-ab16294cb185",
"direction": "SUPPORT",
"magnitude": "1.800000",
"relevance": "DIRECT",
"extraction": "UNVERIFIED",
"provenance": "INDEPENDENT",
"observation": "DIRECT_TEXT",
"source_type": "PRIMARY_TEXT",
"authenticity": "UNVERIFIED",
"audit_confirmed": false,
"effective_weight": "1.800000",
"interpretive_steps": 0
},
{
"link": "fd3c76b0-26eb-8afb-ba8b-46dee8db93dc",
"group": null,
"edition": "NAMED_OR_UNRELATED",
"evidence": "aff877a4-de2e-83fc-8df4-8ce78c07d88c",
"direction": "SUPPORT",
"magnitude": "1.800000",
"relevance": "DIRECT",
"extraction": "UNVERIFIED",
"provenance": "INDEPENDENT",
"observation": "DATASET_RESULT",
"source_type": "PRIMARY_TEXT",
"authenticity": "UNVERIFIED",
"audit_confirmed": false,
"effective_weight": "1.800000",
"interpretive_steps": 0
}
],
"model": "ledger-default@0.3.0",
"prior": "0.50",
"variants": {
"spread": "0.0214",
"permissive": "0.9991",
"conservative": "0.9777"
},
"code_hash": "sha256:c61a6fdf35a754a0d7e958df149036a083c0eaeb7d2d2e52704ec32b0c36def7",
"contested": false,
"stability": "HIGH",
"claim_type": "OBSERVATIONAL",
"config_hash": "sha256:86768038080b8ab5233f1e4b7aba10af05b5bb44caa432095150b90e81209809",
"probability": "0.9955",
"provisional": true,
"evidence_sum": "5.400000",
"snapshot_seq": 25436,
"prior_log_odds": "0.000000",
"support_groups": 3,
"model_dependent": false,
"review_coverage": "0.25",
"truth_evaluable": true,
"assessment_state": "SUPPORTED",
"review_checklist": {
"qualifiers_reviewed": {
"by": [],
"ok": false
},
"opposing_search_done": {
"by": [],
"ok": false
},
"independence_reviewed": {
"by": [],
"ok": false
},
"primary_source_reviewed": {
"by": [
"331ceaa5-fc34-88b5-b096-c5e873e6b685",
"f78afe58-4db5-8ff3-930a-038261f1c402",
"fd3c76b0-26eb-8afb-ba8b-46dee8db93dc"
],
"ok": true
}
},
"contradict_groups": 0,
"rounding_boundary": false,
"posterior_log_odds": "5.400000",
"not_applicable_reason": null,
"independence_unreviewed": 3
}