Plesioplatecarpus

Summary

Plesioplatecarpus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Plesioplatecarpus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Plesioplatecarpus's image is recorded as Plesioplatecarpus SW.png^[3].
• Plesioplatecarpus's image is recorded as Platecarpus planifrons Clean.png^[4].
• Plesioplatecarpus's image is recorded as Platecarpus planifrons UU 1.JPG^[5].
• Plesioplatecarpus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[6].
• Plesioplatecarpus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[7].
• Plesioplatecarpus's parent taxon is recorded as Plioplatecarpini^[8].
• Plesioplatecarpus's location of discovery is recorded as North America^[9].
• Plesioplatecarpus's taxon name is recorded as Plesioplatecarpus^[10].
• Plesioplatecarpus's Commons category is recorded as Plesioplatecarpus^[11].
• Plesioplatecarpus's taxonomic type is recorded as Plesioplatecarpus planifrons^[12].
• Plesioplatecarpus's start time is recorded as -88000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Plesioplatecarpus's end time is recorded as -84000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Plesioplatecarpus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gyv49d^[15].
• Plesioplatecarpus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 197065^[16].
• Plesioplatecarpus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8573799^[17].
• Plesioplatecarpus's described by source is recorded as Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines^[18].
• Plesioplatecarpus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1483570^[19].
• Plesioplatecarpus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777812276^[20].
• Plesioplatecarpus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/a312f82c-dc8e-47ec-bd24-15e41cbf2176^[21].

Why It Matters

Plesioplatecarpus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2] Plesioplatecarpus has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]