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Gastornis

genus of birds (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131477
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Gastornis

Summary

Gastornis is a fossil taxon[1]. Gastornis ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (748 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gastornis's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Gastornis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Gastornis belongs to the parent taxon Gastornithidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Gastornis is Gastornis[6].
  • Gastornis's Commons category is recorded as Gastornis[7].
  • Gastornis began on -56000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Gastornis ended on -45000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Gastornis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gastornis[10].
  • Gastornis's Commons gallery is recorded as Gastornis[11].
  • Gastornis's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[12].

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Classification

Gastornis's scientific name is Gastornis[6]. Gastornis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Gastornis is classified within Gastornithidae[5].

Identifiers

Gastornis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4847508[13].

Why It Matters

Gastornis ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (748 views/month).[2] Gastornis has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Gastornis is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . 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.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Paucabot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → -45000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Temporal range end → Q76274
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Gastornis.png"
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