Ophiacodon

Summary

Ophiacodon is a fossil taxon^[1]. Ophiacodon ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ophiacodon's image is recorded as Ophiacodon retroversus.png^[3].
• Ophiacodon's image is recorded as Ophiacodon FMNH.jpg^[4].
• Ophiacodon's image is recorded as Ophiacodon NT small.jpg^[5].
• Ophiacodon's image is recorded as Ophiacodon retroversus.jpg^[6].
• Ophiacodon's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[7].
• Ophiacodon's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[8].
• Ophiacodon's parent taxon is recorded as Ophiacodontidae^[9].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Kenilworth^[10].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Autun^[11].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Joggins Formation^[12].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Cutler Formation^[13].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Fort Riley Formation^[14].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Greene Formation^[15].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Ada Formation^[16].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Clyde Formation^[17].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Wellington Formation^[18].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Admiral Formation^[19].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Belle Plains Formation^[20].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Wichita Formation^[21].
• Ophiacodon's location of discovery is recorded as Dunkard Group^[22].
• Ophiacodon's taxon name is recorded as Ophiacodon^[23].
• Ophiacodon's Commons category is recorded as Ophiacodon^[24].
• Ophiacodon's start time is recorded as -306000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[25].
• Ophiacodon's end time is recorded as -280000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[26].
• Ophiacodon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cyj72^[27].

Why It Matters

Ophiacodon ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).^[2] Ophiacodon has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Ophiacodon is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]