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Oryctodromeus

genus of small ornithopod dinosaur (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q133146
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Summary

Oryctodromeus is a fossil taxon[1]. Oryctodromeus ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (458 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Euornithopoda[4]
  • Location of discovery: United States[5]
  • Taxon name: Oryctodromeus[6]
  • Commons category: Oryctodromeus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oryctodromeus[8]
  • Main food source: herbivore[9]
  • Length: 2.1 m[10]
  • Time period: Late Cretaceous[11]
  • Taxon author citation: Varricchio et al''., 2007[12]

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Identifiers

Oryctodromeus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47459851[13]. Oryctodromeus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823170[14].

Why It Matters

Oryctodromeus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Oryctodromeus is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Oryctodromeus
    Time period → Late Cretaceous
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Varricchio et al''., 2007, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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