Acanthostega

genus of early amphibious tetrapodomorphs
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131763
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Acanthostega

Summary

Acanthostega is a fossil taxon[1]. Acanthostega ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Acanthostega's image is recorded as Acanthostega BW.jpg[3].
  • Acanthostega's image is recorded as Acanthostega model.jpg[4].
  • Acanthostega's image is recorded as Acanthostega gunnari.jpg[5].
  • Acanthostega's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[6].
  • Acanthostega's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[7].
  • Acanthostega's taxon rank is recorded as genus[8].
  • Acanthostega's parent taxon is recorded as Acanthostegidae[9].
  • Acanthostega's location of discovery is recorded as Greenland[10].
  • Acanthostega's taxon name is recorded as Acanthostega[11].
  • Acanthostega's Commons category is recorded as Acanthostega[12].
  • Acanthostega's start time is recorded as -365000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Acanthostega's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058yyl[14].
  • Acanthostega's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47578068[15].
  • Acanthostega's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36963[16].
  • Acanthostega's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4817249[17].
  • Acanthostega's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'アカントステガ'}[18].
  • Acanthostega's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '棘螈'}[19].
  • Acanthostega's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+60'}[20].
  • Acanthostega's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1316846[21].
  • Acanthostega's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776333764[22].
  • Acanthostega's De Agostini ID is recorded as Acanthostega[23].
  • Acanthostega's Lex ID is recorded as Acanthostega[24].
  • Acanthostega's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 아칸토스테가[25].
  • Acanthostega's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 230468[26].

Why It Matters

Acanthostega ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month).[2] Acanthostega has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Acanthostega is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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