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Orycterocetus

genus of mammals
Taxon fossil_taxon Q2711528
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Orycterocetus

Summary

Orycterocetus is a fossil taxon[1]. Orycterocetus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orycterocetus's image is recorded as Brygmophyseter2.jpg[3].
  • Orycterocetus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Orycterocetus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Orycterocetus's parent taxon is recorded as Physeteridae[6].
  • Orycterocetus's taxon name is recorded as Orycterocetus[7].
  • Orycterocetus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043p6pl[8].
  • Orycterocetus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36788[9].
  • Orycterocetus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4832454[10].
  • Orycterocetus's time period is recorded as Miocene[11].
  • Orycterocetus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1015702[12].
  • Orycterocetus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781162208[13].
  • Orycterocetus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 3612116[14].
  • Orycterocetus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 36788[15].
  • Orycterocetus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/059ebf55-7d5a-42ac-99a6-ecdd7921a1dc[16].

Why It Matters

Orycterocetus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month).[2] Orycterocetus has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

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. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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