Aptian

fifth stage and age of the Lower Cretaceous series / Early Cretaceous epoch
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Aptian

Summary

Aptian is a stage[1]. Aptian ranks in the top 9% of stage entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aptian's instance of is recorded as stage[3].
  • Aptian's instance of is recorded as age[4].
  • Apt is named after Aptian[5].
  • Aptian's follows is recorded as Barremian[6].
  • Aptian's followed by is recorded as Albian[7].
  • Aptian's part of is recorded as Early Cretaceous[8].
  • Aptian's part of is recorded as ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[9].
  • Aptian's Commons category is recorded as Aptian[10].
  • Aptian's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as BFE19F[11].
  • Aptian's start time is recorded as -125000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Aptian's end time is recorded as -113000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Aptian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07p1_f[14].
  • Aptian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aptian[15].
  • Aptian's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0004564[16].
  • Aptian's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Aptian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Aptian's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Aptian-Stage[19].
  • Aptian's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as aptian-age[20].
  • Aptian's named by is recorded as Alcide d'Orbigny[21].
  • Aptian's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtbVKOIimzdj[22].
  • Aptian's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 189473229[23].
  • Aptian's PeriodO period ID is recorded as 9qtgw8qq8[24].
  • Aptian's e-Maapõu stratigraphy ID is recorded as 73[25].
  • Aptian's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C189473229[26].
  • Aptian's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 452637[27].

Why It Matters

Aptian ranks in the top 9% of stage entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[2] Aptian has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Aptian is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2013/01. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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