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]