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Paranthropus

genus of mammals
Taxon fossil_taxon Q111463
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Summary

Paranthropus is a fossil taxon[1]. Paranthropus ranks in the top 1% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,852 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Australopithecinae[4]
  • Taxon name: Paranthropus[5]
  • Commons category: Paranthropus[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Australopithecus robustus[7]
  • Temporal range start: Pliocene[8]
  • Temporal range end: Pleistocene[9]
  • Start time: -2600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
  • End time: -600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Paranthropus[12]
  • Taxon synonym: Paraustralopithecus[13]
  • Taxon common name: Robust australopithecines[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

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Identifiers

Paranthropus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4454195[16]. Paranthropus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4827633[17].

Why It Matters

Paranthropus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Paranthropus is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . 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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