Heterosteus

genus of fishes (fossil)
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q3785387
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Heterosteus

Summary

Heterosteus is a monotypic taxon[1]. Heterosteus ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heterosteus's image is recorded as Heterosteus ingens.jpg[3].
  • Heterosteus's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[4].
  • Heterosteus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[5].
  • Heterosteus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Heterosteus's parent taxon is recorded as Heterosteidae[7].
  • Heterosteus's taxon name is recorded as Heterosteus[8].
  • Heterosteus's Commons category is recorded as Heterosteus[9].
  • Heterosteus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47461642[10].
  • Heterosteus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 34347[11].
  • Heterosteus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4852968[12].
  • Heterosteus's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1218dlvx[13].
  • Heterosteus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1321565[14].
  • Heterosteus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4139948[15].

Why It Matters

Heterosteus ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2] Heterosteus has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Heterosteus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q82486. Retrieved . 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] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_heterosteus_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Heterosteus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/heterosteus}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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