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Shantungosaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131158
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Summary

Shantungosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Shantungosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,795 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Edmontosaurini[4]
  • Location of discovery: People's Republic of China[5]
  • Taxon name: Shantungosaurus[6]
  • Commons category: Shantungosaurus[7]
  • Main food source: herbivore[8]
  • Length: 15.0 m[9]
  • Time period: Late Cretaceous[10]
  • Taxon author citation: Hu, 1973[11]

Body

Identifiers

Shantungosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4531765[12]. Shantungosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823307[13].

Why It Matters

Shantungosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Shantungosaurus is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Time period → Late Cretaceous
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Parent taxon → Edmontosaurini
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Hu, 1973, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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