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Orcus

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Taxon fossil_taxon Q14957143
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Orcus

Summary

Orcus is a fossil taxon[1]. Orcus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orcus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Orcus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Orcus belongs to the parent taxon Chilocorini[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Orcus is Orcus[6].
  • Orcus's Commons category is recorded as Orcus[7].
  • Orcus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orcus[8].

Body

Classification

Orcus's scientific name is Orcus[6]. Orcus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Orcus belongs to the parent taxon Chilocorini[5].

Identifiers

Orcus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 448283[9]. Orcus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 524641[10]. Orcus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 110838[11]. Orcus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1043119[12]. Orcus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 114359[13].

Why It Matters

Orcus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).[2]

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. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Orcus
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P7224]]: 838021, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274398|batch #274398]]"
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