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- ... that potbelly sculpture is a crude non-Maya sculptural style distributed along the Pacific slope of southern Mesoamerica and dating to the Preclassic Period?
- ... that shartegosuchid crocodyliforms made up an endemic Central Asian Mesozoic fauna that existed after the breakup of Pangaea?
- ... that the fordilloid Camya asy is one of four accepted Cambrian bivalves?
- ... that the fossil butterfly Prodryas persephone (engraving pictured) is so well preserved that individual wing scales can be seen?
- ... that the extinct arachnid Attercopus was once considered as the world's oldest spider?
- ... that modern humans have been found to inhabit various countries for periods ranging from almost 200,000 years to less than 800 years?
- ... that the extinct planthopper Tainosia quisqueyae was named for the Taíno people and Hispaniola?
- ... that Hidden Cave, an archaeological cave site located in the Great Basin near Fallon, Nevada, got its name because its entrance was difficult to find?
- ... that Mill Creek chert was one of the major exported raw materials of the Mississippian culture?
- ... that Araneagryllus is named from a combination of the Latin aranea meaning "spider" and gryllus meaning "cricket"?