Paranthropus boisei

Summary

Paranthropus boisei is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (211 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Paranthropus boisei's image is recorded as Paranthropus-boisei-Nairobi.JPG^[3].
• Paranthropus boisei's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Paranthropus boisei's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Paranthropus boisei's parent taxon is recorded as Paranthropus^[6].
• Paranthropus boisei's taxon name is recorded as Paranthropus boisei^[7].
• Paranthropus boisei's Commons category is recorded as Paranthropus boisei^[8].
• Paranthropus boisei's taxonomic type is recorded as OH 5^[9].
• Paranthropus boisei's start time is recorded as -2300000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Paranthropus boisei's end time is recorded as -1400000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Paranthropus boisei's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06rppr^[12].
• Paranthropus boisei's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4454137^[13].
• Paranthropus boisei's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 32374^[14].
• Paranthropus boisei's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 83068^[15].
• Paranthropus boisei's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4827634^[16].
• Paranthropus boisei's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paranthropus boisei^[17].
• Paranthropus boisei's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Paranthropus-boisei^[18].
• Paranthropus boisei's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. boisei'}^[19].
• Paranthropus boisei's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtJZnIDZXHk3^[20].
• Paranthropus boisei's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrts8PXzBYq1n^[21].
• Paranthropus boisei's IRMNG ID is recorded as 10992869^[22].
• Paranthropus boisei's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781422343^[23].
• Paranthropus boisei's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 3607689^[24].
• Paranthropus boisei's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as taxon/0575cd6c-2ad7-426f-8b04-180d7b0c722d^[25].
• Paranthropus boisei's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 385303^[26].
• Paranthropus boisei's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/f55d3fa3-6bd3-46ed-863b-145d279e985b^[27].

Why It Matters

Paranthropus boisei ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (211 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]