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- ... that the Barnesville Petroglyph is unusual because its human faces have noses?
- ... that the wings of the extinct ant Aphaenogaster longaeva had "excessively delicate" hairs?
- ... that the extinct plant species Eucommia jeffersonensis and Eucommia rolandii were both described from fossils in 1997?
- ... that the extinct maple Acer ivanofense is known from four Alaskan fossils?
- ... that the amber entombing the extinct ant Haidoterminus cippus (pictured) was preserved in a lagoon or saltwater marsh?
- ... that one species of the extinct wasp Palaeovespa fed caterpillars to its larvae?
- ... that Appianoporites, Margaretbarromyces, and Quatsinoporites are all fossil fungi from Vancouver Island, British Columbia?
- ... that the Sisquoc Formation in Southern California supports the largest diatomite mining operation in the world?
- ... that the family placement for the fossil moth genus Dominickus was not noticed until entomologist Norman Tindale was looking at pictures of modern moths from Australia?
- ... that the Maya site of Altar de Sacrificios in Guatemala was one of the first places to be settled in the Maya lowlands?