Devonian

fourth period of the Paleozoic Era
Thing period Q65955
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Devonian

Summary

Devonian is a period[1]. Devonian draws 2,412 Wikipedia views per month (period category, ranking #8 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Devonian's image is recorded as Mollweide Paleographic Map of Earth, 390 Ma (Eifelian Age).png[3].
  • Devonian's instance of is recorded as period[4].
  • Devonian's instance of is recorded as system[5].
  • Devon is named after Devonian[6].
  • Devonian's follows is recorded as Silurian[7].
  • Devonian's followed by is recorded as Carboniferous[8].
  • Devonian's GND ID is recorded as 4011991-9[9].
  • Devonian's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85097128[10].
  • Devonian's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85054093[11].
  • Devonian's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00561288[12].
  • Devonian's part of is recorded as Paleozoic[13].
  • Devonian's part of is recorded as ICS Standard Global Chronostratigraphic (Geochronologic) Scale[14].
  • Devonian's Commons category is recorded as Devonian[15].
  • Devonian's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as CB8C37[16].
  • Devonian's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 32589[17].
  • Devonian's has part is recorded as Early Devonian[18].
  • Devonian's has part is recorded as Middle Devonian[19].
  • Devonian's has part is recorded as Late Devonian[20].
  • Devonian's start time is recorded as -419200000-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Devonian's end time is recorded as -358900000-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Devonian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02753[23].
  • Devonian's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117389[24].
  • Devonian's IPA transcription is recorded as /dəˈvoʊni.ən/[25].
  • Devonian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Devonian[26].
  • Devonian's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300391468[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Devonian include Late Devonian extinction[28], an extinction event[29].

Why It Matters

Devonian draws 2,412 Wikipedia views per month (period category, ranking #8 of 34).[2] Devonian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Devonian is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Devonian include Late Devonian extinction[28], an extinction event[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . zenodo.org. zenodo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . CGMW ICS colour codes. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2023/09. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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