Hallucigenia

Cambrian lobopodian
Taxon fossil_taxon Q132406
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Hallucigenia

Summary

Hallucigenia is a fossil taxon[1]. Hallucigenia ranks in the top 0.95% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,288 views/month, #92 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hallucigenia's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Hallucigenia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hallucigenia belongs to the parent taxon Hallucigeniidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Hallucigenia is Hallucigenia[6].
  • Hallucigenia's Commons category is recorded as Hallucigenia[7].
  • Hallucigenia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハルキゲニア'}[8].
  • Hallucigenia dates from the Cambrian[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Hallucigenia is Hallucigenia[6]. Hallucigenia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Hallucigenia belongs to the parent taxon Hallucigeniidae[5]. Hallucigenia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハルキゲニア'}[8].

Identifiers

Hallucigenia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 10512592[10]. Hallucigenia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4884716[11].

Why It Matters

Hallucigenia ranks in the top 0.95% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,288 views/month, #92 of 9,701).[2] Hallucigenia has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Hallucigenia is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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. [10] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Paucabot · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Time period Cambrian
    Instance of fossil taxon
    Parent taxon Hallucigeniidae
    Taxon rank genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P18]]: Hallucigenia smithsonian.JPG"
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