Orthacanthus

Summary

Orthacanthus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Orthacanthus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Orthacanthus's image is recorded as Orthacanths of USA.jpg^[3].
• Orthacanthus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Orthacanthus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Orthacanthus's parent taxon is recorded as Orthacanthidae^[6].
• Orthacanthus's location of discovery is recorded as Europe^[7].
• Orthacanthus's location of discovery is recorded as North America^[8].
• Orthacanthus's taxon name is recorded as Orthacanthus^[9].
• Orthacanthus's Commons category is recorded as Orthacanthus^[10].
• Orthacanthus's start time is recorded as -260000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Orthacanthus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04h58t^[12].
• Orthacanthus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4655416^[13].
• Orthacanthus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 55009^[14].
• Orthacanthus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4824288^[15].
• Orthacanthus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3'}^[16].
• Orthacanthus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1181441^[17].
• Orthacanthus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779075932^[18].
• Orthacanthus's size comparison diagram is recorded as Orthacanthus scale.svg^[19].
• Orthacanthus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4949933^[20].
• Orthacanthus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/59b84b0a-40cb-437d-b0b1-45b914479c34^[21].

Why It Matters

Orthacanthus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).^[2] Orthacanthus has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]