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Dakosaurus

genus of large reptiles in the family Metriorhynchidae (fossil)
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Dakosaurus

Summary

Dakosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Dakosaurus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dakosaurus's image is recorded as Dakosaurus maximus.JPG[3].
  • Dakosaurus's image is recorded as Dakosaurus sp. specimen from Painten.jpg[4].
  • Dakosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[5].
  • Dakosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Dakosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Metriorhynchidae[7].
  • Dakosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Dakosaurus[8].
  • Dakosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Dakosaurus[9].
  • Dakosaurus's start time is recorded as -157000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Dakosaurus's end time is recorded as -137000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Dakosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08tpj_[12].
  • Dakosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4472928[13].
  • Dakosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36588[14].
  • Dakosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822315[15].
  • Dakosaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1041540[16].
  • Dakosaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780850625[17].
  • Dakosaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4948043[18].
  • Dakosaurus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/55ef4d76-de7b-4881-82f9-d11f7237f6cf[19].

Why It Matters

Dakosaurus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[2] Dakosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Dakosaurus is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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