Spriggina

Summary

Spriggina is a fossil taxon^[1]. Spriggina ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Spriggina's image is recorded as Spriggina Floundensi 4.png^[3].
• Spriggina's image is recorded as Spriggina flounensi C.jpg^[4].
• Spriggina's image is recorded as Spriggina floundersi - MUSE.jpg^[5].
• Spriggina's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[6].
• Spriggina's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[7].
• Reginald Claude Sprigg is named after Spriggina^[8].
• Spriggina's parent taxon is recorded as Sprigginidae^[9].
• Spriggina's taxon name is recorded as Spriggina^[10].
• Spriggina's Commons category is recorded as Spriggina^[11].
• Spriggina's start time is recorded as -560000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Spriggina's end time is recorded as -550000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Spriggina's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09xfq_^[14].
• Spriggina's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 4723^[15].
• Spriggina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2318874^[16].
• Spriggina's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 324572^[17].
• Spriggina's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spriggina^[18].
• Spriggina's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Spriggina^[19].
• Spriggina's time period is recorded as Ediacaran^[20].
• Spriggina's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1331443^[21].
• Spriggina's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779998550^[22].

Why It Matters

Spriggina ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month).^[2] Spriggina has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] Spriggina is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]