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Coelophysis

extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs (Theropoda)
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Summary

Coelophysis is a fossil taxon[1]. Coelophysis ranks in the top 2% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,337 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Coelophysidae[4]
  • Location of discovery: South Africa[5]
  • Taxon name: Coelophysis[6]
  • Commons category: Coelophysis[7]
  • Start time: -216000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • End time: -196000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Coelophysis[10]
  • Commons gallery: Coelophysis[11]
  • Main food source: carnivore[12]
  • Length: 2.0 m[13]
  • Time period: Late Triassic[14]

Body

Identifiers

Coelophysis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822867[15].

Why It Matters

Coelophysis has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Coelophysis is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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