Plesiosauridae

Summary

Plesiosauridae is a fossil taxon^[1]. Plesiosauridae ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Plesiosauridae's image is recorded as Plesiosaurus 3DB.jpg^[3].
• Plesiosauridae's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Plesiosauridae's taxon rank is recorded as family^[5].
• Plesiosauridae's parent taxon is recorded as Plesiosauroidea^[6].
• Plesiosauridae's taxon name is recorded as Plesiosauridae^[7].
• Plesiosauridae's Commons category is recorded as Plesiosauria^[8].
• Plesiosauridae's taxonomic type is recorded as Plesiosaurus^[9].
• Plesiosauridae's start time is recorded as -199000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Plesiosauridae's end time is recorded as -145000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Plesiosauridae's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ch339s^[12].
• Plesiosauridae's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 18595^[13].
• Plesiosauridae's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38173^[14].
• Plesiosauridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823596^[15].
• Plesiosauridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plesiosauridae^[16].
• Plesiosauridae's IRMNG ID is recorded as 117167^[17].
• Plesiosauridae's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780877649^[18].
• Plesiosauridae's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 50481^[19].
• Plesiosauridae's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4128285^[20].
• Plesiosauridae's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 199276^[21].
• Plesiosauridae's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/36514878-df16-44be-b350-43e734141c67^[22].

Why It Matters

Plesiosauridae ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).^[2] Plesiosauridae has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] Plesiosauridae is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]