Ceratosaurus

Summary

Ceratosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Ceratosaurus ranks in the top 0.97% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (663 views/month, #94 of 9,701).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ceratosaurus's image is recorded as Ceratosaurus mounted.jpg^[3].
• Ceratosaurus's image is recorded as Ceratosaurus NT.jpg^[4].
• Ceratosaurus's image is recorded as Ceratosaurus nasicornis walking.jpg^[5].
• Ceratosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[6].
• Ceratosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[7].
• Ceratosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Ceratosauridae^[8].
• Ceratosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Morrison Formation^[9].
• Ceratosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Lourinhã Formation^[10].
• Ceratosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Portugal^[11].
• Ceratosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Ceratosaurus^[12].
• Ceratosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Ceratosaurus^[13].
• Ceratosaurus's start time is recorded as -153000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Ceratosaurus's end time is recorded as -148000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Ceratosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/046c8k^[16].
• Ceratosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4531431^[17].
• Ceratosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38600^[18].
• Ceratosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4818607^[19].
• Ceratosaurus's main food source is recorded as carnivore^[20].
• Ceratosaurus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Ceratosaurus^[21].
• Ceratosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ceratosaurus ("horned lizard")'}^[22].
• Ceratosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+6'}^[23].
• Ceratosaurus's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.5'}^[24].
• Ceratosaurus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+600'}^[25].
• Ceratosaurus's time period is recorded as Late Jurassic^[26].
• Ceratosaurus's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4675840^[27].

Why It Matters

Ceratosaurus ranks in the top 0.97% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (663 views/month, #94 of 9,701).^[2] Ceratosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Ceratosaurus is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]