Pteranodon

Summary

Pteranodon is a fossil taxon^[1]. Pteranodon ranks in the top 0.55% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,031 views/month, #53 of 9,701).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pteranodon's image is recorded as Pteranodon TD.png^[3].
• Pteranodon's image is recorded as Pteranodon sternergi fossils, Tellus Science Museum 2.jpg^[4].
• Pteranodon's image is recorded as Pteranodon sp AMNH 7515.jpg^[5].
• Pteranodon's image is recorded as Pteranodonts bennett.png^[6].
• Pteranodon's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[7].
• Pteranodon's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[8].
• Pteranodon's parent taxon is recorded as Pteranodontinae^[9].
• Pteranodon's location of discovery is recorded as Kansas^[10].
• Pteranodon's location of discovery is recorded as Alabama^[11].
• Pteranodon's location of discovery is recorded as Nebraska^[12].
• Pteranodon's location of discovery is recorded as Wyoming^[13].
• Pteranodon's location of discovery is recorded as South Dakota^[14].
• Pteranodon's location of discovery is recorded as Pierre Shale^[15].
• Pteranodon's location of discovery is recorded as Niobrara Formation^[16].
• Pteranodon's taxon name is recorded as Pteranodon^[17].
• Pteranodon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85108544^[18].
• Pteranodon's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125455988^[19].
• Pteranodon's Commons category is recorded as Pteranodon^[20].
• Pteranodon's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 59790^[21].
• Pteranodon's start time is recorded as -88000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Pteranodon's end time is recorded as -80500000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[23].
• Pteranodon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/066m2^[24].
• Pteranodon's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph609508^[25].
• Pteranodon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 983364^[26].
• Pteranodon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532251^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Pteranodon include Rodan^[28], a film character^[29].

Why It Matters

Pteranodon ranks in the top 0.55% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,031 views/month, #53 of 9,701).^[2] Pteranodon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Pteranodon is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Pteranodon include Rodan^[28], a film character^[29].