Tylosaurus

Summary

Tylosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Tylosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (402 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tylosaurus's image is recorded as Tylosaurus nepaeolicus NT.png^[3].
• Tylosaurus's image is recorded as Tylosaurus Bruce.jpg^[4].
• Tylosaurus's image is recorded as Tylosaurus-proriger.jpg^[5].
• Tylosaurus's image is recorded as Tylosaurus skin.jpg^[6].
• Tylosaurus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[7].
• Tylosaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[8].
• protuberance is named after Tylosaurus^[9].
• Tylosaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Tylosaurinae^[10].
• Tylosaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Niobrara Formation^[11].
• Tylosaurus's taxon name is recorded as Tylosaurus^[12].
• Tylosaurus's Commons category is recorded as Tylosaurus^[13].
• Tylosaurus's start time is recorded as -86500000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Tylosaurus's end time is recorded as -75000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Tylosaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07g7x7^[16].
• Tylosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4647073^[17].
• Tylosaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36418^[18].
• Tylosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3238757^[19].
• Tylosaurus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 398187^[20].
• Tylosaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14'}^[21].
• Tylosaurus's time period is recorded as Late Cretaceous^[22].
• Tylosaurus's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Tylosaurus^[23].
• Tylosaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780777364^[24].
• Tylosaurus's size comparison diagram is recorded as Tylosaur Size.svg^[25].
• Tylosaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 4946010^[26].
• Tylosaurus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/309d7060-1426-45ce-8cd5-54c244b24b36^[27].

Why It Matters

Tylosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (402 views/month).^[2] Tylosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Tylosaurus is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]