Plesiosaurus

Summary

Plesiosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Plesiosaurus ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (540 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Plesiosaurus is credited with the discovery of Mary Anning^[3].
• Plesiosaurus's image is recorded as Plesiosaurus 3DB.jpg^[4].
• Plesiosaurus's image is recorded as Pdolichodeirus.jpg^[5].
• Plesiosaurus's image is recorded as Plesiosaurus in Japan.jpg^[6].
• Plesiosaurus's image is recorded as Plesiosaurus2.jpg^[7].
• Plesiosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[8].
• Plesiosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[9].
• Plesiosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Plesiosauridae^[10].
• Plesiosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Lias Group^[11].
• Plesiosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Plesiosaurus^[12].
• Plesiosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Plesiosaurus^[13].
• Plesiosaurus's taxonomic type is recorded as Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus^[14].
• Plesiosaurus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1823-12-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Plesiosaurus's start time is recorded as -199600000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Plesiosaurus's end time is recorded as -175600000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Plesiosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04l5bk^[18].
• Plesiosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36504^[19].
• Plesiosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823597^[20].
• Plesiosaurus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[21].
• Plesiosaurus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• Plesiosaurus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Plesiosaurus^[23].
• Plesiosaurus's different from is recorded as Plesiosauria^[24].
• Plesiosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3.5'}^[25].
• Plesiosaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1429578^[26].
• Plesiosaurus's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Plesiosaurus^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Plesiosaurus is credited with the discovery of Mary Anning^[3].

Why It Matters

Plesiosaurus ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (540 views/month).^[2] Plesiosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Plesiosaurus is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]