Tiktaalik

extinct genus of fish
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131481
Tiktaalik
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Tiktaalik

Summary

Tiktaalik is a fossil taxon[1]. Tiktaalik ranks in the top 0.32% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,508 views/month, #31 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tiktaalik is credited with the discovery of Neil Shubin[3].
  • Tiktaalik is credited with the discovery of Ted Daeschler[4].
  • Tiktaalik's image is recorded as Tiktaalik roseae life restor.jpg[5].
  • Tiktaalik's image is recorded as Tiktaalik BW.jpg[6].
  • Tiktaalik's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[7].
  • Tiktaalik's taxon rank is recorded as genus[8].
  • Tiktaalik's parent taxon is recorded as Elpistostegidae[9].
  • Tiktaalik's taxon name is recorded as Tiktaalik[10].
  • Tiktaalik's Commons category is recorded as Tiktaalik[11].
  • Tiktaalik's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cdzdr[12].
  • Tiktaalik's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4658731[13].
  • Tiktaalik's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 167089[14].
  • Tiktaalik's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 77132[15].
  • Tiktaalik's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4838449[16].
  • Tiktaalik's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1022351[17].
  • Tiktaalik's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Tiktaalik[18].
  • Tiktaalik's Fandom article ID is recorded as ru.naturalpedia:Тиктаалик[19].
  • Tiktaalik's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778933612[20].
  • Tiktaalik's Fossiilid.info ID is recorded as 15031[21].
  • Tiktaalik's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 틱타알릭[22].
  • Tiktaalik's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4948678[23].
  • Tiktaalik's WikiKids ID is recorded as Tiktaalik[24].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Neil Shubin[3], a paleontologist[25], b. 1960[26], of United States[27], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[28], specialised in paleontology[29] and Ted Daeschler[4], a paleontologist[30], of United States[31], awarded the Hayden Memorial Geological Award[32].

Why It Matters

Tiktaalik ranks in the top 0.32% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,508 views/month, #31 of 9,701).[2] Tiktaalik has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Tiktaalik is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . raco.cat. raco.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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