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Rahonavis

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131167
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Summary

Rahonavis is a fossil taxon[1]. Rahonavis ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: monotypic taxon[3]
  • Taxon rank: genus[4]
  • Parent taxon: dinosaur[5], Unenlagiinae[6]
  • Taxon name: Rahonavis[7]
  • Commons category: Rahonavis[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rahonavis[9]
  • Time period: Late Cretaceous[10]
  • Taxon author citation: (Forster, Sampson, Chiappe & Krause, 1998)[11]

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Identifiers

Rahonavis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47446345[12]. Rahonavis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3238980[13].

Why It Matters

Rahonavis has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Rahonavis is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'id', '
    Taxon author citation → (Forster, Sampson, Chiappe & Krause, 1998)
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: (Forster, Sampson, Chiappe & Krause, 1998), Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 18w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    Parent taxon → dinosaur, Unenlagiinae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Taxon name: Rahonavis"
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