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Phytosauridae

family of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131343
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Summary

Phytosauridae is a fossil taxon[1]. Phytosauridae ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Phytosauria[4]
  • Taxon name: Phytosauridae[5]
  • Commons category: Phytosauria[6]
  • Start time: -242000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • End time: -196000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Time period: Late Triassic[9]
  • Taxon author citation: Jaeger, 1828[10]

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Identifiers

Phytosauridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4530965[11]. Phytosauridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4817561[12].

Why It Matters

Phytosauridae has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Phytosauridae is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Time period → Late Triassic
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Parent taxon → Phytosauria
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Jaeger, 1828, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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