Placodus

Summary

Placodus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Placodus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Placodus's image is recorded as Placodus BW.jpg^[3].
• Placodus's image is recorded as Placodus gigas 2.JPG^[4].
• Placodus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[5].
• Placodus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Placodus's parent taxon is recorded as Placodontidae^[7].
• Placodus's taxon name is recorded as Placodus^[8].
• Placodus's GND ID is recorded as 4412281-0^[9].
• Placodus's Commons category is recorded as Placodus^[10].
• Placodus's start time is recorded as -245000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Placodus's end time is recorded as -235000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Placodus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05cs_d^[13].
• Placodus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36538^[14].
• Placodus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3238533^[15].
• Placodus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Placodus^[16].
• Placodus's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Placodus^[17].
• Placodus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779506216^[18].
• Placodus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4946444^[19].

Why It Matters

Placodus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).^[2] Placodus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Placodus is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]