User:Abyssal/Prehistory of North America/DYK/24

...that the Choristodera are extinct reptiles that lived during the time of the dinosaurs and have a skull structure similar to that of the modern day Gharial?
... that, when described, the brown lacewing species Wesmaelius mathewesi was the most ancient member of its subfamily?
... that fossils of 23 mammal species including mammoth, dire wolf, giant ground sloth, pre-historic bison, camel, and horse have been found at Fossil Lake in south central Oregon?
... that the extinct sandfly species Lutzomyia adiketis is host to the Paleoleishmania species P. neotropicum?
... that the early Oligocene maple, Acer ashwilli, is known from only eight places in Oregon?

... that scholarly estimates for the dates of southeastern Illinois' Hubele archaeological site vary by 1,400 years from earliest to latest?
... that a fossil of the extinct sea scorpion Eurypterus (restoration pictured) was once thought to be a catfish?
...that the prehistoric badger genus Chamitataxus lived during the Late Miocene and is considered the most primitive badger genus in North America?
... that the extinct Canadian redwood Metasequoia foxii was described from over 10,000 fossils?
...that the extinct species of Edaphodon, a type of rabbitfish related to the shark, grazed along the bottom of the ocean like land-dwelling herbivores do now?