Anomalocaris

extinct genus of radiodont, first found in Ogygopsis Shale and in the Burgess Shale
Taxon fossil_taxon Q37395
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Anomalocaris

Summary

Anomalocaris is a fossil taxon[1]. Anomalocaris ranks in the top 0.33% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,516 views/month, #32 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Anomalocaris's image is recorded as 20191203 Anomalocaris canadensis.png[3].
  • Anomalocaris's image is recorded as Anomalocaris canadensis grasping claw, Burgess Shale.jpg[4].
  • Anomalocaris's image is recorded as ROM-BurgessShale-CompleteAnomalocarisFossil.png[5].
  • Anomalocaris's image is recorded as Anomalocaris Mt. Stephen.jpg[6].
  • Anomalocaris's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[7].
  • Anomalocaris's taxon rank is recorded as genus[8].
  • Anomalocaris's parent taxon is recorded as Anomalocarididae[9].
  • Anomalocaris's taxon name is recorded as Anomalocaris[10].
  • Anomalocaris's Commons category is recorded as Anomalocaris[11].
  • Anomalocaris's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/086_2s[12].
  • Anomalocaris's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4327544[13].
  • Anomalocaris's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 7370[14].
  • Anomalocaris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6757250[15].
  • Anomalocaris's time period is recorded as Cambrian[16].
  • Anomalocaris's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 333148[17].
  • Anomalocaris's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Anomalocaris[18].
  • Anomalocaris's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Anomalocaris[19].
  • Anomalocaris's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777983708[20].
  • Anomalocaris's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as アノマロカリス[21].
  • Anomalocaris's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 아노말로카리스[22].
  • Anomalocaris's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 123530[23].
  • Anomalocaris's Reddit topic ID is recorded as anomalocaris[24].
  • Anomalocaris's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as アノマロカリス[25].
  • Anomalocaris's WikiKids ID is recorded as Anomalocaris[26].
  • Anomalocaris's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Anomalocaris[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Anomalocaris include 8564 Anomalocaris[28], an asteroid[29].

Why It Matters

Anomalocaris ranks in the top 0.33% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,516 views/month, #32 of 9,701).[2] Anomalocaris has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Anomalocaris is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Anomalocaris include 8564 Anomalocaris[28], an asteroid[29].

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] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . 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.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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