Megalocnus

genus of sloths
Taxon fossil_taxon Q141383
Megalocnus
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Megalocnus

Summary

Megalocnus is a fossil taxon[1]. Megalocnus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Megalocnus's image is recorded as Megalocnus rodens.JPG[3].
  • Megalocnus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Megalocnus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Megalocnus's parent taxon is recorded as Megalocnidae[6].
  • Megalocnus's taxon name is recorded as Megalocnus[7].
  • Megalocnus's Commons category is recorded as Megalocnus[8].
  • Megalocnus's start time is recorded as -126000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Megalocnus's end time is recorded as -5000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Megalocnus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02zblrk[11].
  • Megalocnus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4471307[12].
  • Megalocnus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 83044[13].
  • Megalocnus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4834193[14].
  • Megalocnus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Great Sloth'}[15].
  • Megalocnus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1366293[16].
  • Megalocnus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2775884628[17].
  • Megalocnus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 83044[18].
  • Megalocnus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/25f54cc5-5f64-4d7e-8652-e4bfc67ab521[19].

Why It Matters

Megalocnus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2] Megalocnus has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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