Ankylosaurus

ankylosaurid dinosaur genus from the Late Cretaceous Period
Taxon fossil_taxon Q40621
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Ankylosaurus

Summary

Ankylosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Ankylosaurus ranks in the top 0.89% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,834 views/month, #86 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ankylosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Ankylosaurus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ankylosaurus is classified within Ankylosaurini[5].
  • Ankylosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Hell Creek Formation[6].
  • Ankylosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Lance Formation[7].
  • Ankylosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Scollard Formation[8].
  • Ankylosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Frenchman Formation[9].
  • Ankylosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Ferris Formation[10].
  • Ankylosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Canada[11].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Ankylosaurus is Ankylosaurus[12].
  • Ankylosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Ankylosaurus[13].
  • Ankylosaurus began on -68000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Ankylosaurus ended on -65000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Ankylosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ankylosaurus[16].
  • Ankylosaurus's Commons gallery is recorded as Ankylosaurus[17].
  • Ankylosaurus's main food source is recorded as herbivore[18].
  • Ankylosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8'}[19].
  • Ankylosaurus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+6'}[20].
  • Ankylosaurus dates from the Late Cretaceous[21].
  • Ankylosaurus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ankylosaurus is Ankylosaurus[12]. Ankylosaurus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Ankylosaurus is classified within Ankylosaurini[5].

Identifiers

Ankylosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4530828[23]. Ankylosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823327[24].

Why It Matters

Ankylosaurus ranks in the top 0.89% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,834 views/month, #86 of 9,701).[2] Ankylosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Ankylosaurus is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time -68000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Main food source herbivore
    Time period Late Cretaceous
    Taxon rank genus
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294849905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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