Leptocleidus

Summary

Leptocleidus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Leptocleidus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Leptocleidus's image is recorded as Leptocleidus BW.jpg^[3].
• Leptocleidus's image is recorded as Leptocleidus1DB.jpg^[4].
• Leptocleidus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[5].
• Leptocleidus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Leptocleidus's parent taxon is recorded as Leptocleididae^[7].
• Leptocleidus's location of discovery is recorded as Cape Province^[8].
• Leptocleidus's location of discovery is recorded as British Isles^[9].
• Leptocleidus's taxon name is recorded as Leptocleidus^[10].
• Leptocleidus's Commons category is recorded as Leptocleidus^[11].
• Leptocleidus's start time is recorded as -140000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Leptocleidus's end time is recorded as -125000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Leptocleidus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02z6gg4^[14].
• Leptocleidus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36483^[15].
• Leptocleidus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3'}^[16].
• Leptocleidus's time period is recorded as Cretaceous^[17].
• Leptocleidus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778077861^[18].
• Leptocleidus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 210230^[19].
• Leptocleidus's size comparison diagram is recorded as Wealden Leptocleidid scale.png^[20].
• Leptocleidus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 36483^[21].

Why It Matters

Leptocleidus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).^[2] Leptocleidus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]