Vertebrata

a subphylum of Chordata characterized by the presence of a vertebral column, or backbone, which replaces the notochord during development
Taxon taxon Q25241
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Summary

Vertebrata is a taxon[1]. Vertebrata ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,280 views/month, #332 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: subphylum[3]
  • Parent taxon: Chordata[4], Craniata[5], Olfactores[6]
  • Taxon name: Vertebrata[7]
  • Subclass of: Chordata[8]
  • Commons category: Vertebrata[9]
  • Opposite of: invertebrate[10]
  • Start time: -525000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vertebrates[12]
  • Commons gallery: Vertebrata[13]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18]
  • Topic has template: Template:Taxonomy/Vertebrata[19], Template:Vertebrates[20]
  • This taxon is source of: offal[21]
  • Equivalent class: http://kbpedia.org/kko/rc/Vertebrate[22]
  • Taxon common name: 脊椎动物亚门[23], virveldyr[24]
  • Studied by: vertebrate zoology[25]
  • Union of: list of values as qualifiers[26]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q25681521[27]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]

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Identifiers

Vertebrata's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 355675[29]. Vertebrata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7742[30]. Vertebrata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2774383[31]. Vertebrata's ITIS TSN is recorded as 331030[32].

Why It Matters

Vertebrata has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Vertebrata is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . cognonto.com. cognonto.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . 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. 11w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fossiilid.info id → 270
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fossiilid.info id: 270, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/81311822|Vertebrata (#81311822)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2828|Fossiillid.info DB]] #mix'n"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1Izxdd
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003411-obratlovci
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003411-obratlovci, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 21w ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id → topic_2820
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Edam ontology id: topic_2820, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289761912|Vertebrates (#289761912)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] "
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