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Castorocauda

extinct genus of mammaliaforms
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131336
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Summary

Castorocauda is a fossil taxon[1]. Castorocauda ranks in the top 3% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,267 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Docodonta[4], Q141695379[5]
  • Taxon name: Castorocauda[6]
  • Commons category: Castorocauda[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Castorocauda[8]

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Identifiers

Castorocauda's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4529763[9]. Castorocauda's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4574468[10].

Why It Matters

Castorocauda has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Castorocauda is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Docodonta, Q141695379
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    Topic's main category → Category:Castorocauda
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Parent taxon: Q141695379"
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