Elasmosaurus

Summary

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

Key Facts

• Elasmosaurus's image is recorded as Elasmosaurus platyurus (transparent).png^[3].
• Elasmosaurus's image is recorded as Elasmosaur skeleton.jpg^[4].
• Elasmosaurus's image is recorded as Elasmosaur BDL.jpg^[5].
• Elasmosaurus's image is recorded as Elasmosaurus NT.jpg^[6].
• Elasmosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[7].
• Elasmosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[8].
• Elasmosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Elasmosaurinae^[9].
• Elasmosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Pierre Shale^[10].
• Elasmosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Elasmosaurus^[11].
• Elasmosaurus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2008000530^[12].
• Elasmosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Elasmosaurus^[13].
• Elasmosaurus's start time is recorded as -80500000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Elasmosaurus's end time is recorded as -72100000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Elasmosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04nbyj^[16].
• Elasmosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532468^[17].
• Elasmosaurus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 414994^[18].
• Elasmosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36469^[19].
• Elasmosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823562^[20].
• Elasmosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elasmosaurus^[21].
• Elasmosaurus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Elasmosaurus^[22].
• Elasmosaurus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/plesiosauroid^[23].
• Elasmosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'エラスモサウルス'}^[24].
• Elasmosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14'}^[25].
• Elasmosaurus's time period is recorded as Late Cretaceous^[26].
• Elasmosaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1034610^[27].

Why It Matters

Elasmosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month).^[2] Elasmosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Elasmosaurus is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]