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Cryptoclidia

extinct clade of plesiosaurs (Plesiosauria)
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Cryptoclidia

Summary

Cryptoclidia is a fossil taxon[1]. Cryptoclidia ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cryptoclidia's image is recorded as Thililua longicollis.jpg[3].
  • Cryptoclidia's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Cryptoclidia's instance of is recorded as clade[5].
  • Cryptoclidia's taxon rank is recorded as clade[6].
  • Cryptoclidia's parent taxon is recorded as Plesiosauroidea[7].
  • Cryptoclidia's taxon name is recorded as Cryptoclidia[8].
  • Cryptoclidia's start time is recorded as -165000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Cryptoclidia's end time is recorded as -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Cryptoclidia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3v15x[11].
  • Cryptoclidia's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 202892[12].
  • Cryptoclidia's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776539030[13].
  • Cryptoclidia's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 6431657[14].
  • Cryptoclidia's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 202892[15].

Why It Matters

Cryptoclidia ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] Cryptoclidia has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Cryptoclidia is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Cryptoclidia. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cryptoclidia
MLA “Cryptoclidia.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cryptoclidia.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cryptoclidia_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Cryptoclidia}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cryptoclidia}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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