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Pachyornis

genus of birds (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q3062168
Pachyornis
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Pachyornis

Summary

Pachyornis is a fossil taxon[1]. Pachyornis ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pachyornis's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Pachyornis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pachyornis is classified within Dinornithidae[5].
  • Pachyornis is endemic to New Zealand[6].
  • Pachyornis's scientific name is Pachyornis[7].
  • Pachyornis's Commons category is recorded as Pachyornis[8].
  • Pachyornis's described by source is recorded as Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History)[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pachyornis is Pachyornis[7]. Pachyornis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pachyornis belongs to the parent taxon Dinornithidae[5].

Distribution

Pachyornis is endemic to New Zealand[6].

Identifiers

Pachyornis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 379612[10]. Pachyornis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8814[11]. Pachyornis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4573198[12].

Why It Matters

Pachyornis ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[2] Pachyornis has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Pachyornis is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

New Zealand

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Argo Navis · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    Parent taxon → Dinornithidae
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Pachyornis"
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