Rhynchocephalia

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Taxon taxon Q15099738
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Rhynchocephalia

Summary

Rhynchocephalia is a taxon[1]. Rhynchocephalia ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month, #962 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rhynchocephalia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rhynchocephalia is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • Rhynchocephalia belongs to the parent taxon Reptilia[5].
  • Rhynchocephalia is classified within Lepidosauria[6].
  • Rhynchocephalia is endemic to New Zealand[7].
  • Rhynchocephalia's scientific name is Rhynchocephalia[8].
  • Rhynchocephalia began on -240000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Rhynchocephalia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhynchocephalia[10].
  • Rhynchocephalia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Rhynchocephalia's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[12].
  • Rhynchocephalia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rhychocephalians'}[13].
  • Rhynchocephalia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ムカシトカゲ目'}[14].
  • Rhynchocephalia is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ทัวทารา'}[15].
  • Rhynchocephalia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'broøgler'}[16].

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Classification

Rhynchocephalia's scientific name is Rhynchocephalia[8]. Rhynchocephalia is classified at the rank of order[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Reptilia[5] and Lepidosauria[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rhychocephalians'}[13], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ムカシトカゲ目'}[14], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ทัวทารา'}[15], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'broøgler'}[16].

Distribution

Rhynchocephalia is endemic to New Zealand[7].

Identifiers

Rhynchocephalia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 26162[17]. Rhynchocephalia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1736[18]. Rhynchocephalia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 703[19]. Rhynchocephalia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173860[20].

Why It Matters

Rhynchocephalia ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month, #962 of 195,241).[2] Rhynchocephalia has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Rhynchocephalia is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . 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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