Gigantopithecus

extinct genus of primate
Taxon fossil_taxon Q310434
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Gigantopithecus

Summary

Gigantopithecus is a fossil taxon[1]. Gigantopithecus ranks in the top 0.29% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,517 views/month, #28 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gigantopithecus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Gigantopithecus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Gigantopithecus belongs to the parent taxon Sivapithecini[5].
  • Gigantopithecus's location of discovery is recorded as Liucheng County[6].
  • Gigantopithecus's location of discovery is recorded as South China[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Gigantopithecus is Gigantopithecus[8].
  • Gigantopithecus's Commons category is recorded as Gigantopithecus[9].
  • Gigantopithecus began on -2000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Gigantopithecus ended on -100000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Gigantopithecus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gigantopithecus[12].
  • Gigantopithecus's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.3'}[13].
  • Gigantopithecus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+300'}[14].
  • Gigantopithecus dates from the Pleistocene[15].

Body

Classification

Gigantopithecus's scientific name is Gigantopithecus[8]. Gigantopithecus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Gigantopithecus is classified within Sivapithecini[5].

Identifiers

Gigantopithecus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 470613[16]. Gigantopithecus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4454566[17]. Gigantopithecus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4827697[18].

Why It Matters

Gigantopithecus ranks in the top 0.29% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,517 views/month, #28 of 9,701).[2] Gigantopithecus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Gigantopithecus is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Paucabot · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Location of discovery Liucheng County, South China
    Taxon rank genus
    End time -100000-00-00T00:00:00Z
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