Stegosaurus

Summary

Stegosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Stegosaurus ranks in the top 0.18% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,194 views/month, #17 of 9,701).^[2]

Key Facts

• Stegosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Stegosaurus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Stegosaurus belongs to the parent taxon Stegosaurinae^[5].
• Stegosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Morrison Formation^[6].
• Stegosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as United States^[7].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Stegosaurus is Stegosaurus^[8].
• Stegosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Stegosaurus^[9].
• Stegosaurus began on -155000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Stegosaurus ended on -150000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Stegosaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stegosaurus^[12].
• Stegosaurus's Commons gallery is recorded as Stegosaurus^[13].
• Stegosaurus's main food source is recorded as herbivore^[14].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Στεγόσαυρος'}^[15].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Stégosaure'}^[16].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'סטגוזאור'}^[17].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ステゴサウルス'}^[18].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Stegozauras'}^[19].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Stegozaur'}^[20].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Estegossauro'}^[21].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Стегозавр'}^[22].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '劍龍屬'}^[23].
• Stegosaurus is commonly known as {'lang': 'hi', 'text': 'स्टेगोसौरस'}^[24].
• Stegosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[25].
• Stegosaurus's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3'}^[26].
• Stegosaurus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+7'}^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Stegosaurus is Stegosaurus^[8]. Stegosaurus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Stegosaurus belongs to the parent taxon Stegosaurinae^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Στεγόσαυρος'}^[15], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Stégosaure'}^[16], {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'סטגוזאור'}^[17], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ステゴサウルス'}^[18], {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Stegozauras'}^[19], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Stegozaur'}^[20].

Identifiers

Stegosaurus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 473673^[28]. Stegosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52570674^[29]. Stegosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 230581^[30].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Stegosaurus include 9880 Stegosaurus^[31], an asteroid^[32].

Why It Matters

Stegosaurus ranks in the top 0.18% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,194 views/month, #17 of 9,701).^[2] Stegosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Stegosaurus is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Stegosaurus include 9880 Stegosaurus^[31], an asteroid^[32].