Plesiopleurodon

Summary

Plesiopleurodon is a fossil taxon^[1]. Plesiopleurodon ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Plesiopleurodon's image is recorded as Plesiopleurodon2DB.jpg^[3].
• Plesiopleurodon's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Plesiopleurodon's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Plesiopleurodon's parent taxon is recorded as Polycotylidae^[6].
• Plesiopleurodon's location of discovery is recorded as Belle Fourche Formation^[7].
• Plesiopleurodon's taxon name is recorded as Plesiopleurodon^[8].
• Plesiopleurodon's Commons category is recorded as Plesiopleurodon^[9].
• Plesiopleurodon's taxonomic type is recorded as Plesiopleurodon wellesi^[10].
• Plesiopleurodon's start time is recorded as -98000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Plesiopleurodon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fbl0f^[12].
• Plesiopleurodon's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 114183^[13].
• Plesiopleurodon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823634^[14].
• Plesiopleurodon's described by source is recorded as A review of short-necked plesiosaurs from the Cretaceous of the Western Interior, North America^[15].
• Plesiopleurodon's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1190836^[16].
• Plesiopleurodon's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780375752^[17].
• Plesiopleurodon's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4127209^[18].

Why It Matters

Plesiopleurodon ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).^[2] Plesiopleurodon has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Plesiopleurodon is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]