Alcione

Summary

Alcione is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Alcione draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #105 of 555).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alcione's image is recorded as A. elainus FSAC-OB 2 holotype partial skeleton and FSAC-OB 217 metacarpal IV compressed.png^[3].
• Alcione's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[4].
• Alcione's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Alcione's parent taxon is recorded as Nyctosauridae^[6].
• Alcione's parent taxon is recorded as Aponyctosauria^[7].
• Alcione's taxon name is recorded as Alcione^[8].
• Alcione's Commons category is recorded as Alcione (genus)^[9].
• Alcione's taxonomic type is recorded as Alcione elainus^[10].
• Alcione's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 371116^[11].
• Alcione's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9295085^[12].
• Alcione's different from is recorded as Alcione^[13].
• Alcione's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f54sgdv4^[14].
• Alcione's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11936332^[15].
• Alcione's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 6447112^[16].
• Alcione's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 371116^[17].

Why It Matters

Alcione draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #105 of 555).^[2] Alcione has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18]