Moanasaurus

Summary

Moanasaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Moanasaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Moanasaurus's image is recorded as Moanasaurus2.png^[3].
• Moanasaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Moanasaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Moanasaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Mosasauridae^[6].
• Moanasaurus's location of discovery is recorded as North Island^[7].
• Moanasaurus's taxon name is recorded as Moanasaurus^[8].
• Moanasaurus's Commons category is recorded as Moanasaurus^[9].
• Moanasaurus's taxonomic type is recorded as Moanasaurus mangahouangae^[10].
• Moanasaurus's start time is recorded as -77000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Moanasaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m4_xy^[12].
• Moanasaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4518666^[13].
• Moanasaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 175682^[14].
• Moanasaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4819781^[15].
• Moanasaurus's described by source is recorded as Moanasaurus, a new genus of marine reptile (Family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand^[16].
• Moanasaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12'}^[17].
• Moanasaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1426848^[18].
• Moanasaurus's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Moanasaurus^[19].
• Moanasaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780224408^[20].
• Moanasaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4946023^[21].

Why It Matters

Moanasaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).^[2] Moanasaurus has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] Moanasaurus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]