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Deinosuchus, an Uncommon card
Deinosuchus is an extinct genus of eusuchian, either an alligatoroid crocodilian or a stem-group crocodilian, which lived during the Late Cretaceous around 82 to 73 million years ago.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Deinosuchus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Deinosuchus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The first remains were ______ in North Carolina in the 1850s, and the genus was first described in 1909.
Answer
discovered. The first remains were discovered in North Carolina in the 1850s, and the genus was first described in 1909. From the Deinosuchus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Additional fragments were discovered in the ____s and were later incorporated into an influential, though inaccurate, skull reconstruction at the American Museum of Natural History.
Answer
1940s. Additional fragments were discovered in the 1940s and were later incorporated into an influential, though inaccurate, skull reconstruction at the American Museum of Natural History. From the Deinosuchus article on Wikipedia.
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.
- The first remains were discovered in North Carolina in the 1850s, and the genus was first described in 1909.
- Additional fragments were discovered in the 1940s and were later incorporated into an influential, though inaccurate, skull reconstruction at the American Museum of Natural History.
- Knowledge of Deinosuchus remains incomplete, but better cranial and postcranial material found in recent years has expanded scientific understanding of this massive predator.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Deinosuchus article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Deinosuchus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Source: Jonathan Cutrer Derivative: User:MathKnight, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
