Basilosaurus

Summary

Basilosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Basilosaurus ranks in the top 0.83% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (659 views/month, #81 of 9,701).^[2]

Key Facts

• Basilosaurus's image is recorded as Basilosaurus cetoides.png^[3].
• Basilosaurus's image is recorded as Basilosaurus skeleton.jpg^[4].
• Basilosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[5].
• Basilosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Basilosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Basilosaurinae^[7].
• Basilosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Gulf Coast of the United States^[8].
• Basilosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Egypt^[9].
• Basilosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Jordan^[10].
• Basilosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Tunisia^[11].
• Basilosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Morocco^[12].
• Basilosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Basilosaurus^[13].
• Basilosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Basilosaurus^[14].
• Basilosaurus's taxonomic type is recorded as Basilosaurus cetoides^[15].
• Basilosaurus's start time is recorded as -41300000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Basilosaurus's end time is recorded as -33900000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Basilosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/040mq5^[18].
• Basilosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4525642^[19].
• Basilosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36681^[20].
• Basilosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3240256^[21].
• Basilosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'King Lizard'}^[22].
• Basilosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'バシロサウルス'}^[23].
• Basilosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '龍王鯨屬'}^[24].
• Basilosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bazilozaver'}^[25].
• Basilosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'basilosaure'}^[26].
• Basilosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+20'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Basilosaurus ranks in the top 0.83% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (659 views/month, #81 of 9,701).^[2] Basilosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Basilosaurus is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]