pterodactyl

extinct genus of pterosaurs (Pterosauria)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q309490
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pterodactyl

Summary

pterodactyl is a fossil taxon[1]. pterodactyl ranks in the top 0.53% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,585 views/month, #51 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • pterodactyl's image is recorded as Pterodactylus BMMS7 life.png[3].
  • pterodactyl's image is recorded as Pterodactylus kochi 1.JPG[4].
  • pterodactyl's image is recorded as Bsp as i 739 modified.png[5].
  • pterodactyl's image is recorded as Pterodactylus holotype fly mmartyniuk.png[6].
  • pterodactyl's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[7].
  • pterodactyl's taxon rank is recorded as genus[8].
  • pterodactyl's parent taxon is recorded as Monofenestrata[9].
  • pterodactyl's parent taxon is recorded as Pterodactylidae[10].
  • pterodactyl's parent taxon is recorded as Euctenochasmatia[11].
  • pterodactyl's location of discovery is recorded as Solnhofen Limestone[12].
  • pterodactyl's taxon name is recorded as Pterodactylus[13].
  • pterodactyl's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh94002837[14].
  • pterodactyl's Commons category is recorded as Pterodactylus[15].
  • pterodactyl's start time is recorded as -150800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • pterodactyl's end time is recorded as -148500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • pterodactyl's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/066l5[18].
  • pterodactyl's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47449861[19].
  • pterodactyl's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38494[20].
  • pterodactyl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7236977[21].
  • pterodactyl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pterodactylus[22].
  • pterodactyl's Commons gallery is recorded as Pterodactylus[23].
  • pterodactyl's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/pterodactyl[24].
  • pterodactyl's taxon synonym is recorded as Diopecephalus[25].
  • pterodactyl's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 3CD3419D-CDBB-4D30-BE82-CA07A3375F60[26].
  • pterodactyl's different from is recorded as Pteranodon[27].

Why It Matters

pterodactyl ranks in the top 0.53% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,585 views/month, #51 of 9,701).[2] pterodactyl has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] pterodactyl is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . 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.
  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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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