Franconiasaurus

Summary

Franconiasaurus is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Franconiasaurus draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #95 of 555).^[2]

Key Facts

• Franconiasaurus's image is recorded as Franconiasaurus Life Restoration.jpg^[3].
• Franconiasaurus's image is recorded as Franconiasaurus (holotype, BT 011224.00).jpg^[4].
• Franconiasaurus's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[5].
• Franconiasaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Franconiasaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Plesiosauroidea^[7].
• Franconiasaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Germany^[8].
• Franconiasaurus's taxon name is recorded as Franconiasaurus^[9].
• Franconiasaurus's Commons category is recorded as Franconiasaurus^[10].
• Franconiasaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 484907^[11].
• Franconiasaurus's described by source is recorded as Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids^[12].
• Franconiasaurus's time period is recorded as Early Jurassic^[13].
• Franconiasaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 484907^[14].

Why It Matters

Franconiasaurus draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #95 of 555).^[2] Franconiasaurus has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15]