Mesosaurus

Summary

Mesosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Mesosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mesosaurus's image is recorded as Mesosaurus BW.jpg^[3].
• Mesosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Mesosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Mesosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Mesosauridae^[6].
• Mesosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Mesosaurus^[7].
• Mesosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Mesosaurus^[8].
• Mesosaurus's start time is recorded as -299000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Mesosaurus's end time is recorded as -280000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Mesosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dp7h5^[11].
• Mesosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532617^[12].
• Mesosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36324^[13].
• Mesosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4816246^[14].
• Mesosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mesosaurus^[15].
• Mesosaurus's Commons gallery is recorded as Mesosaurus^[16].
• Mesosaurus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Mesosaurus^[17].
• Mesosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Middle lizard'}^[18].
• Mesosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'メソサウルス'}^[19].
• Mesosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '中龍'}^[20].
• Mesosaurus's time period is recorded as Permian^[21].
• Mesosaurus's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as mesosaurus^[22].
• Mesosaurus's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Mesosaurer^[23].
• Mesosaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779241972^[24].
• Mesosaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 36324^[25].

Why It Matters

Mesosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).^[2] Mesosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] Mesosaurus is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]