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Gigantopithecus, a Rare card
Gigantopithecus is an extinct genus of great ape that lived in central to southern China from two million to approximately 215,000–295,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, Gigantopithecus blacki.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 300,000
Power 172 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Gigantopithecus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gigantopithecus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Only teeth and four ______ are known currently.
Answer
mandibles. Only teeth and four mandibles are known currently. From the Gigantopithecus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The first remains of Gigantopithecus, two third-molar teeth, were identified in a drugstore by anthropologist Ralph von Koenigswald in ____ in England, who subsequently described the ape.
Answer
1930s. The first remains of Gigantopithecus, two third-molar teeth, were identified in a drugstore by anthropologist Ralph von Koenigswald in 1935 in England, who subsequently described the ape. From the Gigantopithecus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Organized crime. Organized crime 90 · Indus River 84 · Canada goose 80 · Gigantopithecus 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 first remains of Gigantopithecus, two third-molar teeth, were identified in a drugstore by anthropologist Ralph von Koenigswald in 1935 in England, who subsequently described the ape.
- In 1956, the first mandible and more than 1,000 teeth were found in Liucheng, and numerous more remains have since been found in at least 16 sites.
- Only teeth and four mandibles are known currently.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gigantopithecus article was read about 300,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Gigantopithecus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gigantopithecus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jonathan Chen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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