Vegasaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon monotypic_fossil_taxon Q21127348
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Vegasaurus

Summary

Vegasaurus is a monotypic fossil taxon[1]. Vegasaurus draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #94 of 555).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vegasaurus's image is recorded as Vegasaurus molyi.png[3].
  • Vegasaurus's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon[4].
  • Vegasaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Vegasaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Weddellonectia[6].
  • Vegasaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Snow Hill Island Formation[7].
  • Vegasaurus's taxon name is recorded as Vegasaurus[8].
  • Vegasaurus's Commons category is recorded as Vegasaurus[9].
  • Vegasaurus's taxonomic type is recorded as Vegasaurus molyi[10].
  • Vegasaurus's start time is recorded as -72000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Vegasaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 371688[12].
  • Vegasaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8853525[13].
  • Vegasaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+6.5'}[14].
  • Vegasaurus's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bw3cw1mb[15].
  • Vegasaurus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779774976[16].
  • Vegasaurus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 6447055[17].
  • Vegasaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 371688[18].

Why It Matters

Vegasaurus draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (monotypic_fossil_taxon category, ranking #94 of 555).[2] Vegasaurus has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov. (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), from the Cape Lamb Member (lower maastrichtian) of the Snow Hill Island Formation, Vega Island, Antarctica, and remarks on Wedellian Elasmosauridae. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Vegasaurus. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vegasaurus
MLA “Vegasaurus.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vegasaurus.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vegasaurus_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Vegasaurus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vegasaurus}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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