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Diprotodon, an Uncommon card
Diprotodon, from Ancient Greek δί-, meaning "two", πρῶτος, meaning "first", and ὀδούς, meaning "tooth", is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupial from the Pleistocene of Australia containing one species, D. optatum.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 98,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Diprotodon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Diprotodon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ finds date to 1.77 million to 780,000 years ago, but most specimens are dated to after 110,000 years ago.
Answer
earliest. The earliest finds date to 1.77 million to 780,000 years ago, but most specimens are dated to after 110,000 years ago. From the Diprotodon article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Its remains were first unearthed in ____, in Wellington Caves, New South Wales, and contemporary paleontologists guessed they belonged to rhinos, elephants, hippos or dugongs.
Answer
1830s. Its remains were first unearthed in 1830, in Wellington Caves, New South Wales, and contemporary paleontologists guessed they belonged to rhinos, elephants, hippos or dugongs. From the Diprotodon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Double-decker bus. Double-decker bus 90 · Diprotodon 85 · Yamuna 81 · Lake Malawi 77 ATK in WikiCards.
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 earliest finds date to 1.77 million to 780,000 years ago, but most specimens are dated to after 110,000 years ago.
- Its remains were first unearthed in 1830, in Wellington Caves, New South Wales, and contemporary paleontologists guessed they belonged to rhinos, elephants, hippos or dugongs.
- Diprotodon was formally described by English naturalist Richard Owen in 1838, and was the first named Australian fossil mammal.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Diprotodon article was read about 98,000 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 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Diprotodon
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Diprotodon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
