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Ichthyosauridae

family of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q1095663
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Ichthyosauridae

Summary

Ichthyosauridae is a fossil taxon[1]. Ichthyosauridae ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ichthyosauridae's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Ichthyosauridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Ichthyosauridae belongs to the parent taxon Thunnosauria[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Ichthyosauridae is Ichthyosauridae[6].
  • Ichthyosauridae's Commons category is recorded as Ichthyosauridae[7].
  • Ichthyosauridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ichthyosauridae[8].

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Classification

Ichthyosauridae's scientific name is Ichthyosauridae[6]. Ichthyosauridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Ichthyosauridae is classified within Thunnosauria[5].

Identifiers

Ichthyosauridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52570438[9]. Ichthyosauridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3239024[10].

Why It Matters

Ichthyosauridae ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2] Ichthyosauridae has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Ichthyosauridae is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i44377
    Parent taxon → Thunnosauria
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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