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Hesperornis, an Uncommon card
Hesperornis is a genus of cormorant-like ornithuran that spanned throughout the Campanian age, and possibly even up to the early Maastrichtian age, of the Late Cretaceous period.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 42,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Hesperornis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hesperornis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Nine species are ______, eight of which have been recovered from rocks in North America and one from Russia.
Answer
recognised. Nine species are recognised, eight of which have been recovered from rocks in North America and one from Russia. From the Hesperornis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andrea de Cesaris. Andrea de Cesaris 77 · Carya tomentosa 72 · Hesperornis 69 · Vipera aspis 65 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Jhelum River. Jhelum River 67,000 · Hesperornis 42,000 · Eryngium maritimum 21,000 · Carya tomentosa 13,000 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.
- One of the lesser-known discoveries of the paleontologist O. C. Marsh in the late 19th century Bone Wars, it was an early find in the history of avian paleontology.
- Locations for Hesperornis fossils include the Late Cretaceous marine limestones from Kansas and the marine shales from Canada.
- Nine species are recognised, eight of which have been recovered from rocks in North America and one from Russia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hesperornis article was read about 42,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Hesperornis
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Hesperornis in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Andrea de CesarisUncommon · Society · ATK 77 DEF 58
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- Donna StricklandUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 64
- Tran Anh HungUncommon · Arts · ATK 76 DEF 59
- David WoodardUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 67
- BarisalUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hesperornis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ryan Schwark, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
