Old Red Sandstone

assemblage of Devonian rocks in Great Britain, Ireland, Norway and northeastern North America, consisting of sedimentary rocks including reddish sandstone
Thing supergroup Q1517523
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Old Red Sandstone

Summary

Old Red Sandstone is a supergroup[1]. It draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (supergroup category, ranking #14 of 32).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Red Sandstone is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Old Red Sandstone's image is recorded as Folded Old Red Sandstone at St Annes Head - geograph.org.uk - 629204.jpg[4].
  • Old Red Sandstone's continent is recorded as Europe[5].
  • Old Red Sandstone's instance of is recorded as supergroup[6].
  • old red sandstone is named after Old Red Sandstone[7].
  • Old Red Sandstone's made from material is recorded as Devonian sandstone[8].
  • Old Red Sandstone's Commons category is recorded as Old Red Sandstone[9].
  • Old Red Sandstone's temporal range start is recorded as Wenlock[10].
  • Old Red Sandstone's temporal range end is recorded as Emsian[11].
  • Old Red Sandstone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ypkp[12].
  • Old Red Sandstone's BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units ID is recorded as ORS[13].
  • Old Red Sandstone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Old-Red-Sandstone[14].
  • Old Red Sandstone's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02814949n[15].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Old Red Sandstone include Euramerica[16], a supercontinent[17].

Why It Matters

Old Red Sandstone draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (supergroup category, ranking #14 of 32).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for it include Euramerica[16], a supercontinent[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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