Protoceratops

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q14506
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Protoceratops

Summary

Protoceratops is a fossil taxon[1]. Protoceratops ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (434 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Protoceratops's image is recorded as Carnegie Protoceratops andrewsi.jpg[3].
  • Protoceratops's image is recorded as Protoceratops andrewsi Restoration.png[4].
  • Protoceratops's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[5].
  • Protoceratops's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Protoceratops's parent taxon is recorded as Protoceratopsidae[7].
  • Protoceratops's location of discovery is recorded as People's Republic of China[8].
  • Protoceratops's taxon name is recorded as Protoceratops[9].
  • Protoceratops's Commons category is recorded as Protoceratops[10].
  • Protoceratops's start time is recorded as -83500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Protoceratops's end time is recorded as -70600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Protoceratops's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/042tw1[13].
  • Protoceratops's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4531823[14].
  • Protoceratops's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38848[15].
  • Protoceratops's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823255[16].
  • Protoceratops's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Protoceratops[17].
  • Protoceratops's Commons gallery is recorded as Protoceratops[18].
  • Protoceratops's main food source is recorded as herbivore[19].
  • Protoceratops's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Protoceratops[20].
  • Protoceratops's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'プロトケラトプス'}[21].
  • Protoceratops's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Протоцератопс'}[22].
  • Protoceratops's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '原角龍'}[23].
  • Protoceratops's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.8'}[24].
  • Protoceratops's time period is recorded as Late Cretaceous[25].
  • Protoceratops's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as protoceratops[26].
  • Protoceratops's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Dinosaur", "Genus:Protoceratops"][27].

Why It Matters

Protoceratops ranks in the top 1% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (434 views/month).[2] Protoceratops has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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