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Paralititan

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131636
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Summary

Paralititan is a fossil taxon[1]. Paralititan ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,177 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lithostrotia[4], Saltasauridae[5]
  • Location of discovery: Bahariya Formation[6], Egypt[7]
  • Taxon name: Paralititan[8]
  • Commons category: Paralititan[9]
  • Start time: 99600000 BC[10]
  • End time: 93500000 BC[11]
  • Main food source: herbivore[12]
  • Taxon common name: Paralititan ("tidal giant")[13]
  • Length: 28.0 m[14]
  • Time period: Late Cretaceous[15]

Body

Identifiers

Paralititan's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52572017[16]. Paralititan's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4821763[17].

Why It Matters

Paralititan has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Paralititan is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Egypt Saint-Étienne-à-Arnes

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Paucabot · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    Fandom article id → dinopedia:Paralititan
    Main food source → herbivore
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Size comparison diagram: Paralititan-Scale-Diagram-SVG-Steveoc86.svg"
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