Aerodactylus

genus of Jurassic pterosaurs
Taxon monotypic_fossil_taxon Q18341804
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Aerodactylus

Summary

Aerodactylus is a monotypic fossil taxon[1]. Aerodactylus ranks in the top 9% of monotypic_fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aerodactylus's image is recorded as Aerodactylus main slab.png[3].
  • Aerodactylus's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon[4].
  • Aerodactylus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Aerodactyl is named after Aerodactylus[6].
  • Aerodactylus's parent taxon is recorded as Aurorazhdarchidae[7].
  • Aerodactylus's taxon name is recorded as Aerodactylus[8].
  • Aerodactylus's Commons category is recorded as Aerodactylus[9].
  • Aerodactylus's start time is recorded as -150800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Aerodactylus's end time is recorded as -148500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Aerodactylus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0125zzr1[12].
  • Aerodactylus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 1359615[13].
  • Aerodactylus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 379286[14].
  • Aerodactylus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9165578[15].
  • Aerodactylus's described by source is recorded as Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Bavaria, Germany: The Problem of Cryptic Pterosaur Taxa in Early Ontogeny[16].
  • Aerodactylus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11912970[17].
  • Aerodactylus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781071832[18].
  • Aerodactylus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 5207230[19].
  • Aerodactylus's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 아이로닥틸루스[20].

Why It Matters

Aerodactylus ranks in the top 9% of monotypic_fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month).[2] Aerodactylus has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Bavaria, Germany: The Problem of Cryptic Pterosaur Taxa in Early Ontogeny. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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