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Megalodon

Extinct genus of bivalves
Taxon fossil_taxon Q597329
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Summary

Megalodon is a fossil taxon[1]. Megalodon ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Megalodon's image is recorded as Megalodon shell.JPG[3].
  • Megalodon's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • Megalodon's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Megalodon's parent taxon is recorded as Megalodontidae[6].
  • Megalodon's taxon name is recorded as Megalodon[7].
  • Megalodon's Commons category is recorded as Megalodon[8].
  • Megalodon's start time is recorded as -412000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Megalodon's end time is recorded as -182000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Megalodon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gjk1h[11].
  • Megalodon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4185607[12].
  • Megalodon's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 18606[13].
  • Megalodon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3247806[14].
  • Megalodon's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1504240[15].
  • Megalodon's different from is recorded as megalodon[16].
  • Megalodon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 545939[17].
  • Megalodon's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Megalodon[18].
  • Megalodon's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 85G4P[19].

Why It Matters

Megalodon ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2] Megalodon has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

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. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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