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Marshosaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q136872
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Summary

Marshosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Marshosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (871 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Piatnitzkysauridae[4]
  • Location of discovery: United States[5]
  • Taxon name: Marshosaurus[6]
  • Commons category: Marshosaurus[7]
  • Start time: -155000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • End time: -152000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Main food source: carnivore[10]
  • Length: 6.0 m[11]
  • Time period: Late Jurassic[12]

Body

Identifiers

Marshosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823527[13].

Why It Matters

Marshosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Marshosaurus is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Telgruc-sur-Mer United States

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . 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. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · 高晶 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    End time → -152000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Time period → Late Jurassic
    Main food source → carnivore
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Parent taxon: Piatnitzkysauridae"
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