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Darwinius masillae

species of mammal (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q20717740
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Summary

Darwinius masillae is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Named after: Messel pit[4]
  • Parent taxon: Darwinius[5]
  • Taxon name: Darwinius masillae[6]
  • Commons category: Darwinius[7]
  • Described by source: Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology[8]
  • Short name: D. masillae[9]
  • Time period: Middle Eocene[10]
  • Taxon author citation: Franzen et al., 2009[11]

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Identifiers

Darwinius masillae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 13779377[12]. Darwinius masillae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4974569[13].

Why It Matters

Darwinius masillae has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 2d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'eo', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ru', 'species', 'ta', 'tr']
    Taxon author citation → Franzen et al., 2009
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Franzen et al., 2009, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 12w ago · Paucabot · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Darwinius
    Mindat taxon id → 4974569
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Commons category: Darwinius"
  3. 22w ago · Yuriklim · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Described by source → Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology
    Parent taxon → Darwinius
    Named after → Messel pit
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Complete primate skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology"
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