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 * ... that the extinct ant Zigrasimecia tonsora (pictured) is named from the Latin words "tonsor" meaning barber and "oris" meaning mouth?
 * ...that the fossil of Ichthyornis (pictured) discovered by Benjamin Franklin Mudge was the first bird recognized to possess teeth?
 * ... that "color markings", considered rare among fossil crabs, have been found on Avitelmessus?
 * ... that Alexander Wetmore assessed the extinct Eonessa anaticula as being an ancient type of duck, possibly due to its fossil's resemblance to the modern Oxyura jamaicensis?
 * ... that Peltandra primaeva was the first fossil record for the genus Peltandra when described in 1977?
 * ... that it is all but impossible to match up species known by leaves with those known by trunks in the prehistoric cycad-like genus Cycadeoidea?
 * ... that the fossil stick insect Eoprephasma was described from two isolated forewings?
 * ... that the practice of insect husbandry by ants is at least 15 million years old?
 * ... that a fossil of the extinct monitor lizard Saniwa preserves cartilage, scales, and even a wind pipe?
 * ...that a fossil specimen of Pelagosaurus was found with the remains of a Leptolepis in its stomach?