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Thinopus, a Common card
Thinopus is the name given to a trace fossil found in late Devonian rocks in Pennsylvania.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 91
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 260
Power 91 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Thinopus quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thinopus card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Later research, however, argued that the fossil is better interpreted as the ______ of coprolites of fish.
Answer
impressions. Later research, however, argued that the fossil is better interpreted as the impressions of coprolites of fish. From the Thinopus article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The only specimen was described by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in a brief note published in ____, with the only ichnospecies Thinopus antiquus.
Answer
1890s. The only specimen was described by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in a brief note published in 1896, with the only ichnospecies Thinopus antiquus. From the Thinopus article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2010 Food City 250. 2010 Food City 250 66 · Thinopus 54 · Clear Creek 51 · Tubbreva 47 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 only specimen was described by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in a brief note published in 1896, with the only ichnospecies Thinopus antiquus.
- Marsh interpreted it as the fossil footprints of an early amphibian, making it the oldest evidence for tetrapods known at the time.
- Later research, however, argued that the fossil is better interpreted as the impressions of coprolites of fish.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thinopus article was read about 260 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Thinopus
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thinopus (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Othniel Charles Marsh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
