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Uncommon card · Nature
Confuciusornis, an Uncommon card
Confuciusornis is a genus of basal crow-sized avialan confuciusornithid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of the Yixian and Jiufotang Formations of China, dating from 125 to 120 million years ago.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Confuciusornis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Confuciusornis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was named after the ______ moral philosopher Confucius.
Answer
Chinese. It was named after the Chinese moral philosopher Confucius. From the Confuciusornis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Liliaceae. Liliaceae 87 · Confuciusornis 84 · Tuolumne River 81 · Ice sheet 78 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ice sheet. Ice sheet 58,000 · 2009 L'Aquila earthquake 36,000 · Confuciusornis 27,000 · Aetosauria 17,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Like modern birds, Confuciusornis had a toothless beak, but closer and later relatives of modern birds such as Hesperornis and Ichthyornis were toothed, indicating that the loss of teeth occurred convergently in Confuciusornis and living birds.
- It was thought to be the oldest known bird to have a beak, though this title now belongs to an earlier relative Eoconfuciusornis.
- It was named after the Chinese moral philosopher Confucius.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Confuciusornis article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Confuciusornis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Confuciusornis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tommy from Arad, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
