Tanystropheus

Summary

Tanystropheus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Tanystropheus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tanystropheus's image is recorded as Tanystropheus BW.jpg^[3].
• Tanystropheus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Tanystropheus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Tanystropheus's parent taxon is recorded as Tanystropheidae^[6].
• Tanystropheus's taxon name is recorded as Tanystropheus^[7].
• Tanystropheus's Commons category is recorded as Tanystropheus^[8].
• Tanystropheus's start time is recorded as -245000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Tanystropheus's end time is recorded as -228000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Tanystropheus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05clnk^[11].
• Tanystropheus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532608^[12].
• Tanystropheus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38196^[13].
• Tanystropheus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823442^[14].
• Tanystropheus's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as BF575614-826C-47F7-98A5-C0A781A1AECF^[15].
• Tanystropheus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1020148^[16].
• Tanystropheus's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Tanystropheus^[17].
• Tanystropheus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2775944308^[18].
• Tanystropheus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 50505^[19].
• Tanystropheus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 38196^[20].
• Tanystropheus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/bf06cb7a-b9a3-4131-aff2-5c123f79e10d^[21].

Why It Matters

Tanystropheus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).^[2] Tanystropheus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] Tanystropheus is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]