Scutosaurus

Summary

Scutosaurus is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Scutosaurus ranks in the top 3% of monotypic_fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Scutosaurus's image is recorded as Scutosaurus.jpg^[3].
• Scutosaurus's image is recorded as Scutosaurus BW.jpg^[4].
• Scutosaurus's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[5].
• Scutosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Scutosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Pareiasauridae^[7].
• Scutosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Scutosaurus^[8].
• Scutosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Scutosaurus^[9].
• Scutosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c3s4c^[10].
• Scutosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532167^[11].
• Scutosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 37565^[12].
• Scutosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4818551^[13].
• Scutosaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'スクトサウルス'}^[14].
• Scutosaurus's time period is recorded as Lopingian^[15].
• Scutosaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1365479^[16].
• Scutosaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777627322^[17].
• Scutosaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4128695^[18].

Why It Matters

Scutosaurus ranks in the top 3% of monotypic_fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).^[2] Scutosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Scutosaurus is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]