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Deinonychus

extinct genus of dromaeosaurs
Taxon fossil_taxon Q14405
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Summary

Deinonychus is a fossil taxon[1]. Deinonychus ranks in the top 0.44% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,380 views/month, #43 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Eudromaeosauria[4]
  • Location of discovery: United States[5]
  • Taxon name: Deinonychus[6]
  • Commons category: Deinonychus[7]
  • Start time: -115000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • End time: -108000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Deinonychus[10]
  • Commons gallery: Deinonychus[11]
  • Main food source: carnivore[12]
  • Taxon common name: デイノニクス[13], 데이노니쿠스[14], ኃያል ጥፍር[15], 恐爪龍[16], ไดโนนีคัส[17]
  • Length: 3.4 m[18]
  • Time period: Early Cretaceous[19]

Body

Identifiers

Deinonychus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4433581[20]. Deinonychus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822953[21].

Why It Matters

Deinonychus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Deinonychus is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

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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. [20] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved . nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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