Sauropterygia

Summary

Sauropterygia is a fossil taxon^[1]. Sauropterygia ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (903 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sauropterygia's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Sauropterygia is classified at the rank of superorder^[4].
• Sauropterygia is classified within Lepidosauromorpha^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Sauropterygia is Sauropterygia^[6].
• Sauropterygia is a type of marine reptile^[7].
• Sauropterygia's Commons category is recorded as Sauropterygia^[8].
• Sauropterygia began on -247000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Sauropterygia ended on -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Sauropterygia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sauropterygia^[11].
• Sauropterygia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[12].
• Sauropterygia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lizard flippers'}^[13].
• Sauropterygia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ka', 'text': 'ზავროპტერიგიები'}^[14].
• Sauropterygia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鰭龍超目'}^[15].
• Sauropterygia dates from the Mesozoic^[16].

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Classification

Sauropterygia's scientific name is Sauropterygia^[6]. Sauropterygia is classified at the rank of superorder^[4]. Sauropterygia belongs to the parent taxon Lepidosauromorpha^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lizard flippers'}^[13], {'lang': 'ka', 'text': 'ზავროპტერიგიები'}^[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鰭龍超目'}^[15].

Identifiers

Sauropterygia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532436^[17].

Why It Matters

Sauropterygia ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (903 views/month).^[2] Sauropterygia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] Sauropterygia is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]