Confuciusornis

genus of birds (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q644544
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Confuciusornis

Summary

Confuciusornis is a fossil taxon[1]. Confuciusornis ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Confuciusornis's image is recorded as Confuciusornis male.jpg[3].
  • Confuciusornis's image is recorded as Confuciusornis BACKGROUND.JPG[4].
  • Confuciusornis's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[5].
  • Confuciusornis's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Confucius is named after Confuciusornis[7].
  • Confuciusornis's parent taxon is recorded as Confuciusornithidae[8].
  • Confuciusornis's location of discovery is recorded as People's Republic of China[9].
  • Confuciusornis's taxon name is recorded as Confuciusornis[10].
  • Confuciusornis's Commons category is recorded as Confuciusornis[11].
  • Confuciusornis's start time is recorded as -125000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Confuciusornis's end time is recorded as -120000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Confuciusornis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/042ttk[14].
  • Confuciusornis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47445866[15].
  • Confuciusornis's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 67260[16].
  • Confuciusornis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4844506[17].
  • Confuciusornis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Confuciusornis[18].
  • Confuciusornis's Commons gallery is recorded as Confuciusornis[19].
  • Confuciusornis's main food source is recorded as carnivore[20].
  • Confuciusornis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Confuciusornis[21].
  • Confuciusornis's Avibase taxon ID is recorded as 794426E754E32A78[22].
  • Confuciusornis's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.25'}[23].
  • Confuciusornis's time period is recorded as Early Cretaceous[24].
  • Confuciusornis's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1200112[25].
  • Confuciusornis's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Confuciusornis[26].
  • Confuciusornis's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776015834[27].

Why It Matters

Confuciusornis ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[2] Confuciusornis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Avibase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 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.

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