Massospondylus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q191339
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Massospondylus

Summary

Massospondylus is a fossil taxon[1]. Massospondylus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Massospondylus's image is recorded as Massospondylus BW.jpg[3].
  • Massospondylus's image is recorded as Massospondylus 1 NHM2.jpg[4].
  • Massospondylus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[5].
  • Massospondylus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Massospondylus's parent taxon is recorded as Sauropodomorpha[7].
  • Massospondylus's parent taxon is recorded as Massospondylidae[8].
  • Massospondylus's location of discovery is recorded as Lesotho[9].
  • Massospondylus's taxon name is recorded as Massospondylus[10].
  • Massospondylus's Commons category is recorded as Massospondylus[11].
  • Massospondylus's start time is recorded as -200000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Massospondylus's end time is recorded as -183000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Massospondylus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08q3rk[14].
  • Massospondylus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532834[15].
  • Massospondylus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38642[16].
  • Massospondylus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822547[17].
  • Massospondylus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Massospondylus[18].
  • Massospondylus's main food source is recorded as omnivore[19].
  • Massospondylus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4.0'}[20].
  • Massospondylus's time period is recorded as Early Jurassic[21].
  • Massospondylus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 705879[22].
  • Massospondylus's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Dinosaur", "Genus:Massospondylus"][23].
  • Massospondylus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1208825[24].
  • Massospondylus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778061964[25].
  • Massospondylus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4127556[26].

Why It Matters

Massospondylus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2] Massospondylus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Massospondylus is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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