Melanorosaurus

genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q132584
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Melanorosaurus

Summary

Melanorosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Melanorosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melanorosaurus's image is recorded as Melanorosaurus readi steveoc.jpg[3].
  • Melanorosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Melanorosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Melanorosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Melanorosauridae[6].
  • Melanorosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as South Africa[7].
  • Melanorosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Melanorosaurus[8].
  • Melanorosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Melanorosaurus[9].
  • Melanorosaurus's start time is recorded as -216500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Melanorosaurus's end time is recorded as -201000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Melanorosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06fjj7[12].
  • Melanorosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38648[13].
  • Melanorosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822881[14].
  • Melanorosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melanorosaurus[15].
  • Melanorosaurus's main food source is recorded as omnivore[16].
  • Melanorosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黑丘龍'}[17].
  • Melanorosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12.0'}[18].
  • Melanorosaurus's time period is recorded as Late Triassic[19].
  • Melanorosaurus's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Dinosaur", "Genus:Melanorosaurus"][20].
  • Melanorosaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1025964[21].
  • Melanorosaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780624212[22].
  • Melanorosaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4128666[23].

Why It Matters

Melanorosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2] Melanorosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Melanorosaurus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 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. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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