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Ediacaran, an Uncommon card
The Ediacaran is a geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 538.8 million years ago.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 74
- Power
- 148
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Ediacaran quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ediacaran card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The Ediacaran Period is named after the Ediacara Hills of South Australia, where trace fossils of a diverse community of previously unrecognized lifeforms were first discovered by geologist Reg Sprigg in ____.
Answer
1940s. The Ediacaran Period is named after the Ediacara Hills of South Australia, where trace fossils of a diverse community of previously unrecognized lifeforms were first discovered by geologist Reg Sprigg in 1946. From the Ediacaran article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Northrop P-61 Black Widow. Northrop P-61 Black Widow 85 · Direct democracy 77 · Ediacaran 74 · Darius III 69 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.
- It is the last period of the Proterozoic Eon as well as the last of the so-called "Precambrian supereon", before the beginning of the subsequent Cambrian Period marks the start of the Phanerozoic Eon, where recognizable fossil evidence of life becomes common.
- The Ediacaran Period is named after the Ediacara Hills of South Australia, where trace fossils of a diverse community of previously unrecognized lifeforms were first discovered by geologist Reg Sprigg in 1946.
- Its status as an official geological period was ratified in 2004 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, making it the first new geological period declared in 120 years.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ediacaran 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 74 and blocks with 74: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Ediacaran
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ediacaran (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Scotese, Christopher R., Vérard, Christian, Burgener, Landon, Elling, Reece P., Kocsis, Ád, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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