Alcione

extinct genus of Late Cretaceous pterosaurs
Taxon monotypic_fossil_taxon Q50660755
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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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Alcione. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/alcione-q50660755
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_alcione-q50660755_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Alcione}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/alcione-q50660755}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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