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Paranthropus aethiopicus, a Common card
Paranthropus aethiopicus is an extinct species of robust australopithecine from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.7–2.3 million years ago.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Paranthropus aethiopicus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paranthropus aethiopicus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Whatever the case, it is considered to have been the ______ of the much more robust P. boisei.
Answer
ancestor. Whatever the case, it is considered to have been the ancestor of the much more robust P. boisei. From the Paranthropus aethiopicus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mariama Bâ. Mariama Bâ 70 · Acalypha 67 · Paranthropus aethiopicus 64 · Flowerpot 59 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- However, it is much debated whether or not Paranthropus is an invalid grouping and is synonymous with Australopithecus, so the species is also often classified as Australopithecus aethiopicus.
- Whatever the case, it is considered to have been the ancestor of the much more robust P. boisei.
- It is debated if P. aethiopicus should be subsumed under P. boisei, and the terms P. boisei sensu lato and P. boisei sensu stricto can be used to respectively include and exclude P. aethiopicus from P. boisei.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paranthropus aethiopicus article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Paranthropus aethiopicus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nrkpan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
