Futabasaurus

Summary

Futabasaurus is a monotypic fossil taxon^[1]. Futabasaurus ranks in the top 6% of monotypic_fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Futabasaurus's image is recorded as Futabasaurus Suzuki - Joy of Museums - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.jpg^[3].
• Futabasaurus's image is recorded as National Museum of Nature and Science- Futabasaurus at Japan Gallery.jpg^[4].
• Futabasaurus's instance of is recorded as monotypic fossil taxon^[5].
• Futabasaurus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[6].
• Futaba Group is named after Futabasaurus^[7].
• Futabasaurus's parent taxon is recorded as Weddellonectia^[8].
• Futabasaurus's location of discovery is recorded as Fukushima^[9].
• Futabasaurus's taxon name is recorded as Futabasaurus^[10].
• Futabasaurus's Commons category is recorded as Futabasaurus^[11].
• Futabasaurus's taxonomic type is recorded as Futabasaurus suzukii^[12].
• Futabasaurus's start time is recorded as -86300000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Futabasaurus's end time is recorded as -83600000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Futabasaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0byz9c^[15].
• Futabasaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 10519862^[16].
• Futabasaurus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 172055^[17].
• Futabasaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8694509^[18].
• Futabasaurus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Futabasaurus^[19].
• Futabasaurus's described by source is recorded as A New Elasmosaurid Plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan^[20].
• Futabasaurus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'フタバスズキリュウ属'}^[21].
• Futabasaurus's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9.2'}^[22].
• Futabasaurus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+4'}^[23].
• Futabasaurus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1473011^[24].
• Futabasaurus's Taxonomicon ID is recorded as 4936248^[25].
• Futabasaurus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 6149651^[26].
• Futabasaurus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 172055^[27].

Why It Matters

Futabasaurus ranks in the top 6% of monotypic_fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).^[2] Futabasaurus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Futabasaurus is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]