Tuarangisaurus

Summary

Tuarangisaurus is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Tuarangisaurus draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #66 of 555).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tuarangisaurus's image is recorded as Aristonectine (formerly Tuarangisaurus cabazai).jpg^[3].
• Tuarangisaurus's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[4].
• Tuarangisaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Tuarangisaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Weddellonectia^[6].
• Tuarangisaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Tahora Formation^[7].
• Tuarangisaurus's taxon name is recorded as Tuarangisaurus^[8].
• Tuarangisaurus's Commons category is recorded as Tuarangisaurus^[9].
• Tuarangisaurus's taxonomic type is recorded as Tuarangisaurus keyesi^[10].
• Tuarangisaurus's start time is recorded as -78000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Tuarangisaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03clv03^[12].
• Tuarangisaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36524^[13].
• Tuarangisaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823573^[14].
• Tuarangisaurus's described by source is recorded as Late Cretaceous reptiles (Families Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae) from the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand^[15].
• Tuarangisaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+8'}^[16].
• Tuarangisaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1241502^[17].
• Tuarangisaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779912304^[18].
• Tuarangisaurus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 1365253^[19].
• Tuarangisaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4946296^[20].
• Tuarangisaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 36524^[21].

Why It Matters

Tuarangisaurus draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #66 of 555).^[2] Tuarangisaurus has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]