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Plesiosauroidea

extinct superfamily of plesiosaurs (Plesiosauria)
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Plesiosauroidea

Summary

Plesiosauroidea is a fossil taxon[1]. Plesiosauroidea ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (896 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Plesiosauroidea's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Plesiosauroidea is classified at the rank of superfamily[4].
  • Plesiosauroidea belongs to the parent taxon Neoplesiosauria[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Plesiosauroidea is Plesiosauroidea[6].
  • Plesiosauroidea's Commons category is recorded as Plesiosauria[7].
  • Plesiosauroidea began on -210000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Plesiosauroidea ended on -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Plesiosauroidea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plesiosauroids[10].
  • Plesiosauroidea's different from is recorded as Pliosauroidea[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Plesiosauroidea is Plesiosauroidea[6]. Plesiosauroidea is classified at the rank of superfamily[4]. Plesiosauroidea is classified within Neoplesiosauria[5].

Identifiers

Plesiosauroidea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559661[12].

Why It Matters

Plesiosauroidea ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (896 views/month).[2] Plesiosauroidea has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Plesiosauroidea is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Philippe rogez · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Start time → -210000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Taxon rank → superfamily
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