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Carcharodon

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Taxon monotypic_taxon Q2938003
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Carcharodon

Summary

Carcharodon is a monotypic taxon[1]. Carcharodon ranks in the top 1% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (550 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carcharodon's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Carcharodon is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Carcharodon belongs to the parent taxon Lamnidae[5].
  • Carcharodon's scientific name is Carcharodon[6].
  • Carcharodon's Commons category is recorded as Carcharodon[7].
  • Carcharodon began on -16000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Carcharodon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carcharodon[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Carcharodon is Carcharodon[6]. Carcharodon is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Carcharodon is classified within Lamnidae[5].

Identifiers

Carcharodon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 50875[10]. Carcharodon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13396[11]. Carcharodon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559750[12]. Carcharodon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2420693[13]. Carcharodon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159902[14].

Why It Matters

Carcharodon ranks in the top 1% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (550 views/month).[2] Carcharodon has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Lamnidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Carcharodon
    Start time → —
    Instance of → monotypic taxon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283482305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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