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Glyptodon, an Uncommon card
Glyptodon is a genus of glyptodont, an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos that lived from the Pliocene, around 3.2 million years ago, to the early Holocene, around 11,000 years ago, in South America.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 89
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 188
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 99,000
Power 188 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Glyptodon quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Glyptodon card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is one of, if not the, best-known genera of ______.
Answer
glyptodont. It is one of, if not the, best-known genera of glyptodont. From the Glyptodon article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Fossils of Glyptodon have been recorded as early as ____ from Pleistocene aged deposits from Uruguay, though many were incorrectly referred to the ground sloth Megatherium by early paleontologists.
Answer
1810s. Fossils of Glyptodon have been recorded as early as 1814 from Pleistocene aged deposits from Uruguay, though many were incorrectly referred to the ground sloth Megatherium by early paleontologists. From the Glyptodon article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
On the Origin of Species. On the Origin of Species 230,000 · Cucurbita 160,000 · Glyptodon 99,000 · Crocodylia 42,000 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.
- It is one of, if not the, best-known genera of glyptodont.
- Glyptodon has a long and storied past, being the first named extinct cingulate and the type genus of the subfamily Glyptodontinae.
- Fossils of Glyptodon have been recorded as early as 1814 from Pleistocene aged deposits from Uruguay, though many were incorrectly referred to the ground sloth Megatherium by early paleontologists.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Glyptodon article was read about 99,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 89 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Glyptodon
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Text : Wikipedia, Glyptodon (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Arent derivative work: WolfmanSF ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
