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 * ... that the extinct sandfly species Lutzomyia adiketis is host to the Paleoleishmania species P. neotropicum?
 * ... that Xylolaemus sakhnovi was the first of its genus described from the fossil record?
 * ... that the type specimen of the extinct tortoise beetle Denaeaspis is only 6.04 mm long?
 * ... that the type specimen of the extinct whip scorpion Graeophonus carbonarius was originally identified as a species of dragonfly?
 * ... that paleoecologist Heinz Lowenstam discovered that living organisms can produce magnetite within their bodies?
 * ... that the extinct crocodilian Arenysuchus was part of the first evolutionary radiation of crocodyloids?
 * ... that Kairuku grebneffi, an extinct species of penguin, was nearly 1.5 m long and weighed 50% more than modern Emperor Penguins?
 * ... that highlights from the history of ceratopsian research include the discovery of the iconic Triceratops (skeletal mount pictured), spike-frilled Styracosaurus, and vast bonebeds preserving thousands of Centrosaurus?
 * ... that Frederic Brewster Loomis uncovered vertebrate fossils that were still exhibited at Amherst College's Beneski Museum of Natural History almost a century later?
 * ... that the fossil yew Taxus masonii was described from fifteen fossils collected from 1942 to 1989?