Megaloceros

Summary

Megaloceros is a fossil taxon^[1]. Megaloceros ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,918 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Megaloceros's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Megaloceros is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Megaloceros belongs to the parent taxon Cervini^[5].
• Megaloceros is endemic to Eurasia^[6].
• Megaloceros's location of discovery is recorded as Shaanxi^[7].
• Megaloceros's location of discovery is recorded as Sainte-Savine^[8].
• Megaloceros's location of discovery is recorded as Soria^[9].
• Megaloceros's location of discovery is recorded as Russia^[10].
• Megaloceros's scientific name is Megaloceros^[11].
• Megaloceros's Commons category is recorded as Megaloceros^[12].
• Megaloceros's temporal range start is recorded as Piacenzian^[13].
• Megaloceros's temporal range end is recorded as Late Pleistocene^[14].
• Megaloceros began on -2600000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Megaloceros ended on 7700 BC^[16].
• Megaloceros's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Megaloceros^[17].
• Megaloceros's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[18].

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Classification

Megaloceros's scientific name is Megaloceros^[11]. Megaloceros is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Megaloceros is classified within Cervini^[5].

Distribution

Megaloceros is endemic to Eurasia^[6].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 354792^[19], 354795^[20], 354794^[21], and 354796^[22]. Megaloceros's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 227165^[23]. Megaloceros's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4446578^[24]. Megaloceros's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5429042^[25].

Why It Matters

Megaloceros ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,918 views/month).^[2] Megaloceros has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] Megaloceros is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]