Nyctosaurus

genus of pterosaurs
Taxon fossil_taxon Q133035
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Nyctosaurus

Summary

Nyctosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Nyctosaurus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nyctosaurus's image is recorded as Nyctosaurus DB.jpg[3].
  • Nyctosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Nyctosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Nyctosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Nyctosauridae[6].
  • Nyctosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Nyctosaurus[7].
  • Nyctosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Nyctosaurus[8].
  • Nyctosaurus's start time is recorded as -85000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Nyctosaurus's end time is recorded as -84500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Nyctosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f7fxh[11].
  • Nyctosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47449528[12].
  • Nyctosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 100411[13].
  • Nyctosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4818496[14].
  • Nyctosaurus's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as DDC59CAC-3461-4C5F-902E-8B0961EBC5FF[15].
  • Nyctosaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1114334[16].
  • Nyctosaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780845566[17].
  • Nyctosaurus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 50748[18].
  • Nyctosaurus's size comparison diagram is recorded as Nyctosaurus scale mmartyniuk wiki.png[19].
  • Nyctosaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4127529[20].
  • Nyctosaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 100411[21].

Why It Matters

Nyctosaurus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month).[2] Nyctosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Nyctosaurus is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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