Rhaeticosaurus

Summary

Rhaeticosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Rhaeticosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rhaeticosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Rhaeticosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[4].
• Rhaetian is named after Rhaeticosaurus^[5].
• Rhaeticosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Plesiosauria^[6].
• Rhaeticosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Exter Formation^[7].
• Rhaeticosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Rhaeticosaurus^[8].
• Rhaeticosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Rhaeticosaurus^[9].
• Rhaeticosaurus's start time is recorded as -205000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Rhaeticosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 373033^[11].
• Rhaeticosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 11171892^[12].
• Rhaeticosaurus's described by source is recorded as A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan.^[13].
• Rhaeticosaurus's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11hbkpck_v^[14].
• Rhaeticosaurus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 6447059^[15].
• Rhaeticosaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 373033^[16].

Why It Matters

Rhaeticosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2] Rhaeticosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17]