Portal:Paleontology/DYK/31
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- ... that the extinct wasp Deinodryinus? aptianus has antennae similar to only two other Deinodryinus species?
- ... that the extinct Miocene age maple Acer smileyi has been classified as closely related to the living Acer nipponicum (pictured)?
- ... that Rhachitomi, a group of temnospondyl amphibians, was established as a clade in 2013?
- ... that the diminutive pterosaur Arcticodactylus from Greenland had a wingspan of only 24 centimetres (9.4 in)?
- ... that the extinct Eocene maple species Acer rousei is a possible ancestor to the vine maple?
- ... that Gerobatrachus is considered to be a missing link that supports the hypothesis offered by cladistics, that frogs and salamanders had a common ancestor?
- ...that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg?
- ... that the fossil pelican Pelecanus schreiberi from North Carolina was possibly the largest species of pelican ever?
- ... that among fossils found at Koonwarra, Victoria are those of horseshoe crabs, ginkgo and gnetophytes?
- ... that the fossil ant Azteca eumeces is one of two Azteca species found in Dominican amber?