Oxydactylus
E224342
Oxydactylus is an extinct genus of early camelid-like mammals that lived in North America during the Oligocene epoch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oxydactylus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1998008 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oxydactylus Context triple: [Tylopoda, includesTaxon, Oxydactylus]
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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C.
Protoxerus
Protoxerus is a genus of large African squirrels known for their robust bodies and arboreal lifestyles within the squirrel subfamily Xerinae.
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D.
Cypholophus
Cypholophus is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising species native to parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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E.
Sarcochlamys
Sarcochlamys is a little-known genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oxydactylus Target entity description: Oxydactylus is an extinct genus of early camelid-like mammals that lived in North America during the Oligocene epoch.
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A.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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B.
Clytoneus
Clytoneus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey.
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C.
Protoxerus
Protoxerus is a genus of large African squirrels known for their robust bodies and arboreal lifestyles within the squirrel subfamily Xerinae.
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D.
Cypholophus
Cypholophus is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising species native to parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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E.
Sarcochlamys
Sarcochlamys is a little-known genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to parts of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
camelid-like mammal
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extinct genus ⓘ prehistoric mammal genus ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Camelidae ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | browser ⓘ |
| environment | Oligocene terrestrial ecosystems of North America ⓘ |
| extinctionEpoch | Oligocene ⓘ |
| family | Camelidae ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceEpoch | Oligocene ⓘ |
| fossilType | body fossils ⓘ |
| hasHairOrFur | true ⓘ |
| hasMammaryGlands | true ⓘ |
| hasVertebralColumn | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| livedIn | North America ⓘ |
| locomotion | terrestrial ⓘ |
| morphology |
camelid-like body plan
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digitigrade stance ⓘ elongated neck ⓘ long limbs ⓘ |
| order | Artiodactyla ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| superfamily | Tylopoda ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temporalRange | Oligocene ⓘ |
| warmBlooded | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Oxydactylus Description of subject: Oxydactylus is an extinct genus of early camelid-like mammals that lived in North America during the Oligocene epoch.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.