Kentrosaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131094
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Kentrosaurus

Summary

Kentrosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Kentrosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,569 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kentrosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Kentrosaurus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Kentrosaurus is classified within Stegosauridae[5].
  • Kentrosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Tendaguru Formation[6].
  • Kentrosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Tanzania[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Kentrosaurus is Kentrosaurus[8].
  • Kentrosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Kentrosaurus[9].
  • Kentrosaurus began on -155700000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Kentrosaurus ended on -150800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Kentrosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kentrosaurus[12].
  • Kentrosaurus's Commons gallery is recorded as Kentrosaurus[13].
  • Kentrosaurus's main food source is recorded as herbivore[14].
  • Kentrosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4.5'}[15].
  • Kentrosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5.0'}[16].
  • Kentrosaurus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+1'}[17].
  • Kentrosaurus dates from the Late Jurassic[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Kentrosaurus is Kentrosaurus[8]. Kentrosaurus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Kentrosaurus is classified within Stegosauridae[5].

Identifiers

Kentrosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47459958[19]. Kentrosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823123[20].

Why It Matters

Kentrosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,569 views/month).[2] Kentrosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Kentrosaurus is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Paucabot · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of fossil taxon
    Taxon rank genus
    Mass {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+1'}
    Main food source herbivore
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