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Uncommon card · Nature
Ichthyornis, an Uncommon card
Ichthyornis is an extinct genus of toothy seabird-like ornithuran from the Late Cretaceous of North America.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Ichthyornis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ichthyornis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ichthyornis has been historically ______ in shedding light on bird evolution.
Answer
important. Ichthyornis has been historically important in shedding light on bird evolution. From the Ichthyornis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Yifei Ye. Yifei Ye 80 · Allan Simonsen 75 · Jogo do bicho 69 · Ichthyornis 66 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Branchiopoda. Branchiopoda 38,000 · Ichthyornis 29,000 · Tarsius 16,000 · List of locations and entities by greenhouse gas emissions 8,600 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.
- Its fossil remains are mostly known from the chalks of Alberta, Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, Saskatchewan, and Texas, in strata that were laid down in the Western Interior Seaway, spanning from the Cenomanian to the Campanian ages of the Late Cretaceous.
- Ichthyornis is a common component of the Niobrara Formation fauna, and numerous specimens have been found.
- Ichthyornis has been historically important in shedding light on bird evolution.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ichthyornis article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Ichthyornis
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The cards just above and just below Ichthyornis in the power ranking, all domains together.
- KermaUncommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 59
- Yifei YeUncommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 45
- Allan SimonsenUncommon · Society · ATK 75 DEF 50
- Jonatan GiráldezUncommon · Society · ATK 66 DEF 59
- Angus DeatonUncommon · History · ATK 69 DEF 56
- George AbbottUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 58
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ichthyornis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : MCDinosaurhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
