Opallionectes

Summary

Opallionectes is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Opallionectes draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #98 of 555).^[2]

Key Facts

• Opallionectes's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[3].
• Opallionectes's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[4].
• Opallionectes's parent taxon is recorded as Plesiosauroidea^[5].
• Opallionectes's location of discovery is recorded as Bulldog Shale^[6].
• Opallionectes's taxon name is recorded as Opallionectes^[7].
• Opallionectes's Commons category is recorded as Opallionectes^[8].
• Opallionectes's taxonomic type is recorded as Opallionectes andamookaensis^[9].
• Opallionectes's start time is recorded as -120000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Opallionectes's end time is recorded as -113000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Opallionectes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fv9r3^[12].
• Opallionectes's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 176430^[13].
• Opallionectes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823633^[14].
• Opallionectes's described by source is recorded as Marine reptiles from the Lower Cretaceous of South Australia: elements of a high-latitude cold-water assemblage^[15].
• Opallionectes's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}^[16].
• Opallionectes's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1056467^[17].
• Opallionectes's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 984761^[18].
• Opallionectes's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4127206^[19].
• Opallionectes's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 176430^[20].

Why It Matters

Opallionectes draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #98 of 555).^[2] Opallionectes has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21]