Hesperornithiformes

order of aquatic avialans closely related to the ancestors of modern birds (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q132824
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Hesperornithiformes

Summary

Hesperornithiformes is a fossil taxon[1]. Hesperornithiformes ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hesperornithiformes's image is recorded as Hesperornis BW (white background).jpg[3].
  • Hesperornithiformes's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Hesperornithiformes's taxon rank is recorded as order[5].
  • Hesperornithiformes's parent taxon is recorded as Ornithurae[6].
  • Hesperornithiformes's taxon name is recorded as Hesperornithiformes[7].
  • Hesperornithiformes's Commons category is recorded as Hesperornithiformes[8].
  • Hesperornithiformes's said to be the same as is recorded as Hesperornithes[9].
  • Hesperornithiformes's start time is recorded as -100000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Hesperornithiformes's end time is recorded as -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Hesperornithiformes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04yt33[12].
  • Hesperornithiformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4434283[13].
  • Hesperornithiformes's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36617[14].
  • Hesperornithiformes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hesperornitheans[15].
  • Hesperornithiformes's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Гесперорнисоподібні'}[16].
  • Hesperornithiformes's time period is recorded as Late Cretaceous[17].
  • Hesperornithiformes's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11466[18].
  • Hesperornithiformes's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781186252[19].

Why It Matters

Hesperornithiformes ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[2] Hesperornithiformes has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Hesperornithiformes is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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