Protocetidae

family of mammals
Taxon fossil_taxon Q2721468
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Protocetidae

Summary

Protocetidae is a fossil taxon[1]. Protocetidae ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Protocetidae's image is recorded as Maiacetus.jpg[3].
  • Protocetidae's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Protocetidae's taxon rank is recorded as family[5].
  • Protocetidae's parent taxon is recorded as Archaeoceti[6].
  • Protocetidae's taxon name is recorded as Protocetidae[7].
  • Protocetidae's Commons category is recorded as Protocetidae[8].
  • Protocetidae's start time is recorded as -52000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Protocetidae's end time is recorded as -45000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Protocetidae's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b6d2vv[11].
  • Protocetidae's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 38234[12].
  • Protocetidae's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 42934[13].
  • Protocetidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4832586[14].
  • Protocetidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Protocetidae[15].
  • Protocetidae's IRMNG ID is recorded as 103826[16].
  • Protocetidae's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777518359[17].
  • Protocetidae's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4942534[18].
  • Protocetidae's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 42934[19].
  • Protocetidae's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/456d2ff2-3511-4c1c-845e-3a779860ac38[20].

Why It Matters

Protocetidae ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[2] Protocetidae has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Protocetidae is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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