Shunosaurus

extinct genus of sauropod dinosaurs (Sauropoda)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131404
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Shunosaurus

Summary

Shunosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Shunosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shunosaurus's image is recorded as Shunosaurus life restoration.jpg[3].
  • Shunosaurus's image is recorded as Shunosaurus.jpg[4].
  • Shunosaurus's image is recorded as Shunosaurus lii.jpg[5].
  • Shunosaurus's image is recorded as Shunosaurus - Finnish Museum of Natural History.jpg[6].
  • Shunosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[7].
  • Shunosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[8].
  • Sichuan is named after Shunosaurus[9].
  • Shunosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Shunosaurinae[10].
  • Shunosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Shaximiao Formation[11].
  • Shunosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as People's Republic of China[12].
  • Shunosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Shunosaurus[13].
  • Shunosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Shunosaurus[14].
  • Shunosaurus's start time is recorded as -159000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Shunosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09ll4b[16].
  • Shunosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52571979[17].
  • Shunosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38660[18].
  • Shunosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822736[19].
  • Shunosaurus's main food source is recorded as herbivore[20].
  • Shunosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9.5'}[21].
  • Shunosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10.0'}[22].
  • Shunosaurus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+3'}[23].
  • Shunosaurus's time period is recorded as Middle Jurassic[24].
  • Shunosaurus's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Dinosaur", "Genus:Shunosaurus"][25].
  • Shunosaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781069861[26].
  • Shunosaurus's size comparison diagram is recorded as Shunosaurus Scale.svg[27].

Why It Matters

Shunosaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2] Shunosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Shunosaurus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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