Ichthyosaurus

Summary

Ichthyosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Ichthyosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (427 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ichthyosaurus is credited with the discovery of Mary Anning^[3].
• Ichthyosaurus's image is recorded as Ichthyosaurus BW.jpg^[4].
• Ichthyosaurus's image is recorded as Ichthyosaurus breviceps 2.jpg^[5].
• Ichthyosaurus's image is recorded as Ichthyosaurus anningae trio NT small.jpg^[6].
• Ichthyosaurus's image is recorded as Hul - Ichthyosaurus communis - 3.jpg^[7].
• Ichthyosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[8].
• Ichthyosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[9].
• fish is named after Ichthyosaurus^[10].
• Ichthyosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Ichthyosauridae^[11].
• Ichthyosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Belgium^[12].
• Ichthyosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as England^[13].
• Ichthyosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Germany^[14].
• Ichthyosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Switzerland^[15].
• Ichthyosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Indonesia^[16].
• Ichthyosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Ichthyosaurus^[17].
• Ichthyosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Ichthyosaurus^[18].
• Ichthyosaurus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1811-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Ichthyosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/068gmp^[20].
• Ichthyosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 53865888^[21].
• Ichthyosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36558^[22].
• Ichthyosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4818047^[23].
• Ichthyosaurus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• Ichthyosaurus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Ichthyosaurus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Ichthyosaurus-fossil-marine-reptile^[26].
• Ichthyosaurus's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 2A9D8B9B-D260-44DE-B1D3-DF6FF5B7E371^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Ichthyosaurus is credited with the discovery of Mary Anning^[3].

Why It Matters

Ichthyosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (427 views/month).^[2] Ichthyosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Ichthyosaurus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]