Basilosauridae

extinct family of cetaceans (Cetacea)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q2670162
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Basilosauridae

Summary

Basilosauridae is a fossil taxon[1]. Basilosauridae ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Basilosauridae's image is recorded as Saghacetus osiris 2.JPG[3].
  • Basilosauridae's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Basilosauridae's taxon rank is recorded as family[5].
  • Basilosauridae's parent taxon is recorded as Archaeoceti[6].
  • Basilosauridae's parent taxon is recorded as Pelagiceti[7].
  • Basilosauridae's taxon name is recorded as Basilosauridae[8].
  • Basilosauridae's subclass of is recorded as Archaeoceti[9].
  • Basilosauridae's Commons category is recorded as Basilosauridae[10].
  • Basilosauridae's start time is recorded as -45000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Basilosauridae's end time is recorded as -33900000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Basilosauridae's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025rv78[13].
  • Basilosauridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4525637[14].
  • Basilosauridae's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 38235[15].
  • Basilosauridae's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 42936[16].
  • Basilosauridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3240255[17].
  • Basilosauridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Basilosauridae[18].
  • Basilosauridae's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/basilosaurid[19].
  • Basilosauridae's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as B63EC8C0-4443-4E3F-A043-2C757EF11B40[20].
  • Basilosauridae's time period is recorded as Eocene[21].
  • Basilosauridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 317799[22].
  • Basilosauridae's IRMNG ID is recorded as 102208[23].
  • Basilosauridae's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781288687[24].
  • Basilosauridae's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 68637[25].
  • Basilosauridae's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4942588[26].
  • Basilosauridae's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 42936[27].

Why It Matters

Basilosauridae ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (105 views/month).[2] Basilosauridae has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Basilosauridae is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . 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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