Elasmotherium

Summary

Elasmotherium is a fossil taxon^[1]. Elasmotherium ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,772 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Elasmotherium's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Elasmotherium is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Elasmotherium is classified within Elasmotheriini^[5].
• Elasmotherium's location of discovery is recorded as Pontic-Caspian steppe^[6].
• Elasmotherium's location of discovery is recorded as Caucasus Mountains^[7].
• Elasmotherium's location of discovery is recorded as Central Asia^[8].
• Elasmotherium's scientific name is Elasmotherium^[9].
• Elasmotherium's Commons category is recorded as Elasmotherium^[10].
• Elasmotherium began on -2588000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Elasmotherium ended on -29000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Elasmotherium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elasmotherium^[13].
• Elasmotherium's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Elasmotherium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• Elasmotherium's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[16].
• Elasmotherium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Elasmotherium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'thin-plate beast'}^[18].
• Elasmotherium is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'エラスモテリウム'}^[19].
• Elasmotherium is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '엘라스모테리움'}^[20].
• Elasmotherium is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Эласмотерий'}^[21].
• Elasmotherium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '板齒犀'}^[22].
• Elasmotherium's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}^[23].
• Elasmotherium's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[24].
• Elasmotherium's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+4.5'}^[25].
• Elasmotherium dates from the Pleistocene^[26].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Elasmotherium is Elasmotherium^[9]. Elasmotherium is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Elasmotherium belongs to the parent taxon Elasmotheriini^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'thin-plate beast'}^[18], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'エラスモテリウム'}^[19], {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '엘라스모테리움'}^[20], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Эласмотерий'}^[21], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '板齒犀'}^[22].

Identifiers

Elasmotherium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2491730^[27]. Elasmotherium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4452852^[28]. Elasmotherium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4830618^[29].

Why It Matters

Elasmotherium ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,772 views/month).^[2] Elasmotherium has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Elasmotherium is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]