Pikaia

Summary

Pikaia is a fossil taxon^[1]. Pikaia ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (283 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pikaia's image is recorded as Schematic anatomical reconstruction of Pikaia flipped.png^[3].
• Pikaia's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Pikaia's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Pikaia's parent taxon is recorded as Cephalochordata^[6].
• Pikaia's parent taxon is recorded as Chordata^[7].
• Pikaia's taxon name is recorded as Pikaia^[8].
• Pikaia's Commons category is recorded as Pikaia^[9].
• Pikaia's temporal range start is recorded as Cambrian^[10].
• Pikaia's temporal range end is recorded as Cambrian^[11].
• Pikaia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03lnst^[12].
• Pikaia's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 34105^[13].
• Pikaia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4577842^[14].
• Pikaia's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Pikaia^[15].
• Pikaia's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1095764^[16].
• Pikaia's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781382494^[17].
• Pikaia's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4144641^[18].
• Pikaia's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as ピカイア^[19].

Why It Matters

Pikaia ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (283 views/month).^[2] Pikaia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Pikaia is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]