Mosasauridae

Summary

Mosasauridae is a fossil taxon^[1]. Mosasauridae ranks in the top 0.67% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (841 views/month, #65 of 9,701).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mosasauridae's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Mosasauridae is classified at the rank of family^[4].
• Meuse is named after Mosasauridae^[5].
• Mosasauridae is classified within Mosasauroidea^[6].
• Mosasauridae's scientific name is Mosasauridae^[7].
• Mosasauridae is a type of Q122422^[8].
• Mosasauridae is a type of marine reptile^[9].
• Mosasauridae's Commons category is recorded as Mosasauridae^[10].
• The taxonomic type of Mosasauridae is Mosasaurus hoffmanni^[11].
• Mosasauridae began on -101000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Mosasauridae ended on -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Mosasauridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mosasaurs^[14].
• Mosasauridae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• Mosasauridae's topic has template is recorded as Template:Mosasauridae^[16].
• Mosasauridae's different from is recorded as Mosasauria^[17].
• Mosasauridae dates from the Cretaceous^[18].
• Mosasauridae's has list is recorded as list of mosasaurs^[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mosasauridae is Mosasauridae^[7]. Mosasauridae is classified at the rank of family^[4]. Mosasauridae is classified within Mosasauroidea^[6]. The taxonomic type of Mosasauridae is Mosasaurus hoffmanni^[11].

Discovery and Description

Meuse is named after Mosasauridae^[5].

Identifiers

Mosasauridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4518634^[20]. Mosasauridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3238752^[21].

Why It Matters

Mosasauridae ranks in the top 0.67% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (841 views/month, #65 of 9,701).^[2] Mosasauridae has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] Mosasauridae is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]