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- ... that fossils of the extinct sumac Rhus malloryi (pictured) were first published in 1935?
- ... that the ant Aphaenogaster amphioceanica (pictured) is in the same amber fossil as six Pseudarmadillo cristatus woodlice?
- ... that unlike its modern-day relative the gharial, the extinct crocodilian Aktiogavialis lived in saltwater?
- ... that the fossil ant Aphaenogaster donisthorpei was once part of the Samuel Hubbard Scudder insect collection?
- ... that a fossil flower of the extinct palm Roystonea palaea shows damage possibly made by a bat or bird?
- ... that the only close modern relative to the fossil ant Eulithomyrmex is Tatuidris?
- ...that naturalist Remington Kellogg used his time serving in France during World War I to collect specimens for universities in the United States?
- ... that fossil collectors often call Polyptychoceras vancouverensis the "paperclip ammonite" or the "candy cane", due to its shape?
- ... that Titanoceratops was known from an almost complete skeleton that was assigned to Pentaceratops, and that the two were only distantly related?
- ... that biological anthropologist David Tab Rasmussen enjoyed working in the Neotropics because it allowed him to study both primates and birds, his two favorite subjects?