Augustasaurus

Summary

Augustasaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Augustasaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Augustasaurus's image is recorded as Augustasaurus hagdorni.jpg^[3].
• Augustasaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Augustasaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Augustasaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Pistosauria^[6].
• Augustasaurus's location of discovery is recorded as United States^[7].
• Augustasaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Nevada^[8].
• Augustasaurus's taxon name is recorded as Augustasaurus^[9].
• Augustasaurus's Commons category is recorded as Augustasaurus^[10].
• Augustasaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jl_ct^[11].
• Augustasaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 100050^[12].
• Augustasaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4821528^[13].
• Augustasaurus's described by source is recorded as A new pistosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and its implications for the origin of the plesiosaurs^[14].
• Augustasaurus's time period is recorded as Middle Triassic^[15].
• Augustasaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1216027^[16].
• Augustasaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780009624^[17].

Why It Matters

Augustasaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).^[2] Augustasaurus has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18]