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Troodon

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q131043
Troodon
Loris S. Russell · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Troodon is a fossil taxon[1]. Troodon ranks in the top 1% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,266 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Troodontidae[4], Troodontinae[5]
  • Location of discovery: Judith River Formation[6], Oldman Formation[7], St. Mary River Formation[8], United States[9]
  • Taxon name: Troodon[10]
  • Commons category: Troodon[11]
  • Start time: -77500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]
  • End time: -76500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Troodon[14]
  • Commons gallery: Troodon[15]
  • Main food source: omnivore[16]
  • Time period: Late Cretaceous[17]

Body

Identifiers

Troodon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47458545[18]. Troodon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4822816[19].

Why It Matters

Troodon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Troodon is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . 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. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . 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. 16w ago · Philippe rogez · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Troodon
    End time → -76500000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    Location of discovery → Judith River Formation, Oldman Formation, St. Mary River Formation +1
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: monotypic fossil taxon"
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