Polycotylus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q1886121
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Polycotylus

Summary

Polycotylus is a fossil taxon[1]. Polycotylus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Polycotylus's image is recorded as Polycotylus NT.jpg[3].
  • Polycotylus's image is recorded as Cimoliasaurus australis.jpg[4].
  • Polycotylus's image is recorded as Polycotylus latipinnis paddle Williston.jpg[5].
  • Polycotylus's image is recorded as Polycotylus with foetus.jpg[6].
  • Polycotylus's image is recorded as Polycotylus latipinnis.png[7].
  • Polycotylus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[8].
  • Polycotylus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[9].
  • Polycotylus's parent taxon is recorded as Polycotylinae[10].
  • Polycotylus's location of discovery is recorded as Mooreville Chalk Formation[11].
  • Polycotylus's location of discovery is recorded as Niobrara Formation[12].
  • Polycotylus's taxon name is recorded as Polycotylus[13].
  • Polycotylus's Commons category is recorded as Polycotylus[14].
  • Polycotylus's taxonomic type is recorded as Polycotylus latipinnis[15].
  • Polycotylus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y8g_4[16].
  • Polycotylus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1038268[17].
  • Polycotylus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 443251[18].
  • Polycotylus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36506[19].
  • Polycotylus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3239139[20].
  • Polycotylus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1207247[21].
  • Polycotylus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781001429[22].
  • Polycotylus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 1244073[23].
  • Polycotylus's size comparison diagram is recorded as Polycotylus Scale.svg[24].
  • Polycotylus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 36506[25].
  • Polycotylus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/9cca5156-821d-4421-9c42-fabab84e97a9[26].

Why It Matters

Polycotylus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[2] Polycotylus has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Paleobiology Database. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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