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Megalonyx

genus of sloths
Taxon fossil_taxon Q134380
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Megalonyx

Summary

Megalonyx is a fossil taxon[1]. Megalonyx ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Megalonyx's image is recorded as Megalonyx wheatleyi - AMNH - DSC06327.JPG[3].
  • Megalonyx's image is recorded as Megalonyx wheatleyi.JPG[4].
  • Megalonyx's image is recorded as Megalonyx.jpg[5].
  • Megalonyx's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[6].
  • Megalonyx's taxon rank is recorded as genus[7].
  • Megalonyx's parent taxon is recorded as Megalonychinae[8].
  • Megalonyx's taxon name is recorded as Megalonyx[9].
  • Megalonyx's Commons category is recorded as Megalonyx[10].
  • Megalonyx's start time is recorded as -10300000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Megalonyx's end time is recorded as -11000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Megalonyx's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04czdg3[13].
  • Megalonyx's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2546667[14].
  • Megalonyx's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4471284[15].
  • Megalonyx's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 43603[16].
  • Megalonyx's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3239973[17].
  • Megalonyx's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • Megalonyx's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 1B0628C8-0806-4469-8D0F-8C7E1D4ED65C[19].
  • Megalonyx's Plazi ID is recorded as 478F4789-DCAC-67AE-1192-F21126BB209B[20].
  • Megalonyx's UMLS CUI is recorded as C5285044[21].
  • Megalonyx's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 317754[22].
  • Megalonyx's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1431734[23].
  • Megalonyx's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Megalonyx[24].
  • Megalonyx's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2775913061[25].
  • Megalonyx's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 60532[26].
  • Megalonyx's size comparison diagram is recorded as Megalonyx size.svg[27].

Why It Matters

Megalonyx ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).[2] Megalonyx has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Megalonyx is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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