Mosasaurus

Summary

Mosasaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Mosasaurus ranks in the top 0.2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,799 views/month, #19 of 9,701).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mosasaurus's image is recorded as Mosasaurus missouriensis NT.png^[3].
• Mosasaurus's image is recorded as Mosasaurus hoffmannii - skeleton.jpg^[4].
• Mosasaurus's image is recorded as MosasaurMaastricht080910.JPG^[5].
• Mosasaurus's image is recorded as Mosasaurus hoffmanni life.jpg^[6].
• Mosasaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[7].
• Mosasaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[8].
• Meuse is named after Mosasaurus^[9].
• Mosasaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Mosasaurini^[10].
• Mosasaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Maastricht^[11].
• Mosasaurus's taxon name is recorded as Mosasaurus^[12].
• Mosasaurus's subclass of is recorded as Mosasauridae^[13].
• Mosasaurus's Commons category is recorded as Mosasaurus^[14].
• Mosasaurus's taxonomic type is recorded as Mosasaurus hoffmanni^[15].
• Mosasaurus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1764-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Mosasaurus's start time is recorded as -82000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Mosasaurus's end time is recorded as -65000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Mosasaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06hngv^[19].
• Mosasaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4518635^[20].
• Mosasaurus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 129293^[21].
• Mosasaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36402^[22].
• Mosasaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4819769^[23].
• Mosasaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8445362^[24].
• Mosasaurus's spoken text audio is recorded as Nl-Mosasaurus-article.ogg^[25].
• Mosasaurus's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Mosasaurus's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 75152B9D-5D11-4A6D-BFC3-1ECA148C13D1^[27].

Why It Matters

Mosasaurus ranks in the top 0.2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,799 views/month, #19 of 9,701).^[2] Mosasaurus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Mosasaurus is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]