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- ... that the extinct lobe-finned fish Laccognathus embryi (restoration pictured) had fangs up to 3.8 cm (1.5 in) long?
- ... that the Devonian stem tetrapod Tinirau clackae, transitional between fish and land vertebrates, was named after the half-human half-fish character Tinirau in Polynesian legend?
- ... that the extinct arachnid Attercopus was once considered as the world's oldest spider?
- ...that Ornatifilum is likely to be the oldest known fossil fungus?
- ... that the newly named extinct prawn Aciculopoda is the third unambiguous fossil decapod from before the Mesozoic?