dinosaur
clade of archosaurian reptiles (Archosauria)
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Summary
dinosaur is a taxon[1]. dinosaur ranks in the top 0.0031% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50,064 views/month, #6 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: clade[3]
- Parent taxon: Dracohors[4]
- Taxon name: Dinosauria[5]
- Subclass of: Animalia[6], Reptilia[7]
- Commons category: Dinosauria[8]
- Unicode character: 🦕[9]
- Temporal range start: Carnian[10], Triassic[11]
- Has part(s): fossil[12]
- Start time: -233230000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13]
- Significant event: extinction[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dinosaurs[15]
- Commons gallery: Dinosauria[16]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Dinosaurs[17]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], New International Encyclopedia[21]
- Topic has template: Q50380956[22]
- Has characteristic: vertebral column[23], bipedalism[24], Perforated acetabulum[25]
- This taxon is source of: dinosaur footprint[26], dinosaur fossil[27]
- Taxon common name: ਡਾਇਨਾਸੌਰ[28], ڈائناسور[29], ڈائناسر[30], ڈائنوسار[31]
- Different from: non-avian dinosaur[32], Dinosaurus[33]
- Has list: list of dinosaurs[34]
- Hashtag: dinosaurs[35], dinosaur[36]
- Studied by: paleontology[37], dinosaur paleontology[38], evolutionary biology[39]
- Practiced by: paleontology[40], zoology[41]
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Identifiers
dinosaur's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1517206[42]. dinosaur's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 436486[43]. dinosaur's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 3014672[44].
Why It Matters
dinosaur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] dinosaur is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]