Plotosaurus

Summary

Plotosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Plotosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Plotosaurus's image is recorded as Plotosaurus ben1DB.jpg^[3].
• Plotosaurus's image is recorded as Plotosaurus NT small.jpg^[4].
• Plotosaurus's image is recorded as Plotosaurus LACM.png^[5].
• Plotosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[6].
• Plotosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[7].
• Plotosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Mosasauridae^[8].
• Plotosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Plotosaurus^[9].
• Plotosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Plotosaurus^[10].
• Plotosaurus's start time is recorded as -70000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Plotosaurus's end time is recorded as -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Plotosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dvpnx^[13].
• Plotosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4518682^[14].
• Plotosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36409^[15].
• Plotosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4819790^[16].
• Plotosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[17].
• Plotosaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1286129^[18].
• Plotosaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776403807^[19].
• Plotosaurus's size comparison diagram is recorded as Plotosaurus Scale.svg^[20].
• Plotosaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4946017^[21].

Why It Matters

Plotosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).^[2] Plotosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] Plotosaurus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]