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Plesiadapis

genus of Plesiadapiformes
Taxon fossil_taxon Q1191111
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Plesiadapis

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • Plesiadapis's image is recorded as Plesiadapis cooki (2).jpg[3].
  • Plesiadapis's image is recorded as PlesiadapisNewZICA.png[4].
  • Plesiadapis's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[5].
  • Plesiadapis's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Plesiadapis's parent taxon is recorded as Plesiadapidae[7].
  • Plesiadapis's taxon name is recorded as Plesiadapis[8].
  • Plesiadapis's Commons category is recorded as Plesiadapis[9].
  • Plesiadapis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/078l0p[10].
  • Plesiadapis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4454353[11].
  • Plesiadapis's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 40738[12].
  • Plesiadapis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plesiadapis[13].
  • Plesiadapis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Plesiadapis[14].
  • Plesiadapis's time period is recorded as Paleocene[15].
  • Plesiadapis's time period is recorded as Eocene[16].
  • Plesiadapis's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776258544[17].
  • Plesiadapis's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 40738[18].

Why It Matters

Plesiadapis ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (211 views/month).[2] Plesiadapis has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Plesiadapis is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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