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Coelurus

genus of Late Jurassic coelurosaurs
Taxon monotypic_fossil_taxon Q131228
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Summary

Coelurus is a monotypic fossil taxon[1]. Coelurus ranks in the top 7% of monotypic fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (528 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Coeluridae[4]
  • Location of discovery: United States[5]
  • Taxon name: Coelurus[6]
  • Commons category: Coelurus[7]
  • Start time: -155000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • End time: -152000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Coelurus[10]
  • Main food source: carnivore[11]
  • Length: 1.8 m[12]
  • Time period: Late Jurassic[13]

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Identifiers

Coelurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52571984[14]. Coelurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822575[15].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Coelurus include Sinocoelurus[16], a fossil taxon[17].

Why It Matters

Coelurus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Coelurus is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for Coelurus include Sinocoelurus[16], a fossil taxon[17].

Related Entities

Saint-Caprais United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Start time → —
    Time period → Late Jurassic
    Location of discovery → United States
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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