Orrorin tugenensis

Summary

Orrorin tugenensis is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Orrorin tugenensis's video is recorded as Video rendering of Orrorin tugenensis pollical distal phalanx - pone.0011727.s003.ogv^[3].
• Orrorin tugenensis's image is recorded as Orrorin tugenensis.jpg^[4].
• Orrorin tugenensis's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[5].
• Orrorin tugenensis's taxon rank is recorded as species^[6].
• Tugen Hills is named after Orrorin tugenensis^[7].
• Orrorin tugenensis's parent taxon is recorded as Orrorin^[8].
• Orrorin tugenensis's taxon name is recorded as Orrorin tugenensis^[9].
• Orrorin tugenensis's Commons category is recorded as Orrorin^[10].
• Orrorin tugenensis's taxonomic type is recorded as Q56435946^[11].
• Orrorin tugenensis's start time is recorded as -6100000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Orrorin tugenensis's end time is recorded as -5700000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Orrorin tugenensis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05lns^[14].
• Orrorin tugenensis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8824351^[15].
• Orrorin tugenensis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4827659^[16].
• Orrorin tugenensis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Orrorin-tugenensis^[17].
• Orrorin tugenensis's taxon synonym is recorded as Praeanthropus tugenensis^[18].
• Orrorin tugenensis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. tugenensis'}^[19].
• Orrorin tugenensis's time period is recorded as Miocene^[20].
• Orrorin tugenensis's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as decouverte-d-orrorin-tugenensis^[21].
• Orrorin tugenensis's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11320418^[22].
• Orrorin tugenensis's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780300305^[23].
• Orrorin tugenensis's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 3607732^[24].
• Orrorin tugenensis's protonym of is recorded as Praeanthropus tugenensis^[25].

Why It Matters

Orrorin tugenensis ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]