Ontocetus

Summary

Ontocetus is a fossil taxon^[1]. Ontocetus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ontocetus's image is recorded as Ontocetus emmonsi.jpg^[3].
• Ontocetus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• Ontocetus's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Ontocetus's parent taxon is recorded as Odobenidae^[6].
• Ontocetus's taxon name is recorded as Ontocetus^[7].
• Ontocetus's Commons category is recorded as Ontocetus^[8].
• Ontocetus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0464ymr^[9].
• Ontocetus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4442167^[10].
• Ontocetus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 36786^[11].
• Ontocetus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4833426^[12].
• Ontocetus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1203909^[13].
• Ontocetus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780862723^[14].
• Ontocetus's taxon author citation is recorded as Leidy, 1859^[15].
• Ontocetus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 3613110^[16].
• Ontocetus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 36786^[17].

Why It Matters

Ontocetus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).^[2] Ontocetus has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18]