dinosaur

clade of archosaurian reptiles (Archosauria)
Taxon taxon Q430
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dinosaur

Summary

dinosaur is a taxon[1]. dinosaur ranks in the top 0.0031% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,863 views/month, #6 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • dinosaur's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • dinosaur's instance of is recorded as clade[4].
  • dinosaur is classified at the rank of superorder[5].
  • dinosaur is classified within Dracohors[6].
  • dinosaur's scientific name is Dinosauria[7].
  • dinosaur is a type of Animalia[8].
  • dinosaur is a type of Reptilia[9].
  • dinosaur's Commons category is recorded as Dinosauria[10].
  • dinosaur's Unicode character is recorded as 🦕[11].
  • dinosaur's temporal range start is recorded as Carnian[12].
  • dinosaur began on -233230000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • dinosaur's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dinosaurs[14].
  • dinosaur's Commons gallery is recorded as Dinosauria[15].
  • dinosaur's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Dinosaurs[16].
  • dinosaur's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • dinosaur's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • dinosaur's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • dinosaur's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • dinosaur's topic has template is recorded as Q50380956[21].
  • dinosaur's this taxon is source of is recorded as dinosaur footprint[22].
  • dinosaur's this taxon is source of is recorded as dinosaur fossil[23].
  • dinosaur is commonly known as {'lang': 'pa', 'text': 'ਡਾਇਨਾਸੌਰ'}[24].
  • dinosaur is commonly known as {'lang': 'pnb', 'text': 'ڈائناسور'}[25].
  • dinosaur is commonly known as {'lang': 'skr', 'text': 'ڈائناسر'}[26].
  • dinosaur is commonly known as {'lang': 'ur', 'text': 'ڈائنوسار'}[27].

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Classification

dinosaur's scientific name is Dinosauria[7]. dinosaur is classified at the rank of superorder[5]. dinosaur is classified within Dracohors[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'pa', 'text': 'ਡਾਇਨਾਸੌਰ'}[24], {'lang': 'pnb', 'text': 'ڈائناسور'}[25], {'lang': 'skr', 'text': 'ڈائناسر'}[26], and {'lang': 'ur', 'text': 'ڈائنوسار'}[27].

Identifiers

dinosaur's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 436486[28]. dinosaur's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 3014672[29].

Why It Matters

dinosaur ranks in the top 0.0031% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,863 views/month, #6 of 195,241).[2] dinosaur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] dinosaur is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [19] . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] . i.ytimg.com. Retrieved . i.ytimg.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Blandine Nouvel · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +1
    This taxon is source of dinosaur footprint, dinosaur fossil
    Topic has template Q50380956
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