Saichania

genus of reptiles (fossil)

Taxon Fossil Taxon Q131544

Facts

11 properties

Instance of: fossil taxon
End time: -70000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7]
Length: 6.6^[11]
Location of discovery: Mongolia^[4]
Main food source: herbivore^[8]
Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae^[3]
Start time: -75000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[6]
Taxon common name: サイカニア, 美甲龍屬^[9]^[10]
Taxon name: Saichania^[5]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]
Time period: Late Cretaceous^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en Saichania de Saichania chulsanensis fa خوشنما he סאיצ'ניה ja サイカニア ko 사이카니아 pl Saichania pl Sajchania th ไซคาเนีย uk Сайшанія zh 庫爾三美甲龍 zh 梅甲龍 zh 美甲龍 zh 美甲龍屬 zh 美甲龙 zh 賽查龍 zh-hans 美甲龙属

🔖 Identifiers · 10

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Ankylosaur.jpg ↗
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 4530857
Fossilworks taxon ID: 38834
Freebase ID: /m/09l489
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 4823324
IRMNG ID: 1330206
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2776026218
Open Tree of Life ID: 4946544
Topic's main category: Category:Saichania
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Dinosaur", "Genus:Saichania"]

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Location of discovery 1

Mongolia

Main food source 1

herbivore

Parent taxon 1

Ankylosauridae

Taxon rank 1

genus

Time period 1

Late Cretaceous

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Summary

Saichania is a fossil taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Saichania — taxon rank (P105): genus. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Saichania — parent taxon (P171): Ankylosauridae. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Saichania — location of discovery (P189): Mongolia. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Saichania — taxon name (P225): Saichania. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Saichania — start time (P580): 75000000 BC. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Saichania — end time (P582): 70000000 BC. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Saichania — main food source (P1034): herbivore. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Saichania — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'サイカニア'}. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Saichania — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '美甲龍屬'}. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Saichania — length (P2043): 6.6 m. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Saichania — time period (P2348): Late Cretaceous. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Saichania is an instance of fossil taxon (Q23038290) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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