Acostasaurus

Summary

Acostasaurus is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Acostasaurus draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #92 of 555).^[2]

Key Facts

• Acostasaurus's image is recorded as Acostasaurus pavachoquensis by duskyvel-dbys3fi.png^[3].
• Acostasaurus's image is recorded as Acostasaurus cranial reconstruction.png^[4].
• Acostasaurus's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[5].
• Acostasaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Acostasaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Pliosauridae^[7].
• Acostasaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Paja Formation^[8].
• Acostasaurus's taxon name is recorded as Acostasaurus^[9].
• Acostasaurus's Commons category is recorded as Acostasaurus^[10].
• Acostasaurus's taxonomic type is recorded as Acostasaurus pavachoquensis^[11].
• Acostasaurus's start time is recorded as -130000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Acostasaurus's end time is recorded as -120000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Acostasaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 402683^[14].
• Acostasaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 11201139^[15].
• Acostasaurus's described by source is recorded as Cranial anatomy of a new pliosaurid Acostasaurus pavachoquensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia, South America^[16].
• Acostasaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}^[17].
• Acostasaurus's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fk53tt5z^[18].
• Acostasaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11930963^[19].
• Acostasaurus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 6447065^[20].
• Acostasaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 402683^[21].

Why It Matters

Acostasaurus draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #92 of 555).^[2] Acostasaurus has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]