Home › Entities › general › fossil taxon

fossil taxon

taxon described on the basis of fossil material
Thing general Q23038290
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

fossil taxon is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

Key Facts

  • fossil taxon is a type of taxon[2].
  • fossil taxon is a type of extinct taxon[3].
  • fossil taxon is the opposite of extant taxon[4].
  • fossil taxon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fossil taxa[5].
  • fossil taxon's described at URL is recorded as https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/pages/main/art_1.html[6].
  • fossil taxon's facet of is recorded as fossil[7].
  • fossil taxon's has characteristic is recorded as fossilization[8].
  • fossil taxon's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1137[9].
  • fossil taxon's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NOMEN_0000055[10].
  • fossil taxon's different from is recorded as fossil[11].
  • fossil taxon's different from is recorded as extinct taxon[12].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P524[13].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P2048[14].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P2067[15].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P523[16].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P189[17].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P842[18].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P580[19].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P582[20].
  • fossil taxon's properties for this type is recorded as P8556[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include taxon[2] and extinct taxon[3]. fossil taxon is the opposite of extant taxon[4].

Why It Matters

fossil taxon is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . NOMEN - A nomenclatural ontology for biological names. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fossil taxon. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fossil-taxon
MLA “fossil taxon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 2 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fossil-taxon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fossil-taxon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fossil taxon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fossil-taxon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-02}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): fossil taxon — https://4ort.xyz/entity/fossil-taxon (retrieved 2026-10-02)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/fossil-taxon · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NOMEN_0000055
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NOMEN_0000055"
  2. 13w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kbpedia id → FossilTaxon
    Properties for this type → P524, P2048, P2067 +6
    Opposite of → extant taxon
    Different from → fossil, extinct taxon
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: extinct taxon"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.