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 * ...that the extinct crocodile-like Prionosuchus is the largest amphibian known to have existed?
 * ...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 the extinct plant species Eucommia jeffersonensis and Eucommia rolandii were both described from fossils in 1997?
 * ... that the extinct snakefly Alavaraphidia is known from a single female trapped in amber (pictured)?
 * ... that the extinct maple section Torada is only known from the three Eocene species A. stonebergae, A. toradense, and A. washingtonense?
 * ... that the shrimp-like 510-million-year-old arthropod Waptia (artist's restoration pictured) was named after two mountains?
 * ... that the early dinosaur-like animal Lagerpeton was only 70 cm long?
 * ... that the extinct monitor lizard Ovoo gurvel has "mystery bones" in its skull?
 * ... that the extinct termite bug Termitaradus dominicanus is divided into fourteen brown lobes?
 * ... that the extinct arachnid Attercopus was once considered as the world's oldest spider?