Ophthalmosaurus

extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131208
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Ophthalmosaurus

Summary

Ophthalmosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Ophthalmosaurus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ophthalmosaurus's image is recorded as Ophthalmosaurus BW.jpg[3].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's image is recorded as OphthalmosaurusIcenius-NaturalHistoryMuseum-August23-08.jpg[4].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's image is recorded as Ophthalmosaurus icenicus Tubingen.JPG[5].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's image is recorded as Ophthalmosaurus icenicus skull Tubingen.JPG[6].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[7].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[8].
  • eye is named after Ophthalmosaurus[9].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Ophthalmosaurinae[10].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Europe[11].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as South America[12].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as North America[13].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Ophthalmosaurus[14].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Ophthalmosaurus[15].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's start time is recorded as -165000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's end time is recorded as -160000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/097prm[18].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 57240909[19].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 417293[20].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36566[21].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4818046[22].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as CAE33EBA-F6FB-49C4-996A-400B982217D2[23].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+6'}[24].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's time period is recorded as Late Jurassic[25].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Ophthalmosaurus[26].
  • Ophthalmosaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1195739[27].

Why It Matters

Ophthalmosaurus ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[2] Ophthalmosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Ophthalmosaurus is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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