Scanisaurus

Summary

Scanisaurus is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Scanisaurus draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #100 of 555).^[2]

Key Facts

• Scanisaurus's image is recorded as Scanisaurus sp. teeth.png^[3].
• Scanisaurus's image is recorded as Scanisaurus sp. neck (top) and lower back (bottom) vertebrae.png^[4].
• Scanisaurus's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[5].
• Scanisaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Skåne County is named after Scanisaurus^[7].
• Scanisaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Elasmosauridae^[8].
• Scanisaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Kristianstad Basin^[9].
• Scanisaurus's taxon name is recorded as Scanisaurus^[10].
• Scanisaurus's Commons category is recorded as Scanisaurus^[11].
• Scanisaurus's start time is recorded as -80500000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Scanisaurus's end time is recorded as -75000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Scanisaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cltty^[14].
• Scanisaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36510^[15].
• Scanisaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823594^[16].
• Scanisaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}^[17].
• Scanisaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1303557^[18].
• Scanisaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777148298^[19].
• Scanisaurus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 4437169^[20].
• Scanisaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4129539^[21].
• Scanisaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 36510^[22].

Why It Matters

Scanisaurus draws 7 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #100 of 555).^[2] Scanisaurus has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23]