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Ceratosaurus, an Uncommon card
Ceratosaurus is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period in North America and Europe.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Ranked #608 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Ceratosaurus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ceratosaurus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The type species is Ceratosaurus ______.
Answer
nasicornis. The type species is Ceratosaurus nasicornis. From the Ceratosaurus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The genus was first described in ____ by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh based on a nearly complete skeleton discovered in Garden Park, Colorado, in rocks belonging to the Morrison Formation.
Answer
1880s. The genus was first described in 1884 by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh based on a nearly complete skeleton discovered in Garden Park, Colorado, in rocks belonging to the Morrison Formation. From the Ceratosaurus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Rockall. Rockall 170,000 · Ceratosaurus 120,000 · Salween River 28,000 · Anoplotherium 14,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The genus was first described in 1884 by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh based on a nearly complete skeleton discovered in Garden Park, Colorado, in rocks belonging to the Morrison Formation.
- The type species is Ceratosaurus nasicornis.
- The Garden Park specimen remains the most complete skeleton known from the genus and only a handful of additional specimens have been described since.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ceratosaurus article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Ceratosaurus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jens Lallensack, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
