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 * ... that the extinct sweat bee genus Nesagapostemon is known from a single 9.9 mm female specimen?
 * ... that unlike its closest living relatives, lemurs and lorisoids, Djebelemur from Eocene Africa probably lacked a toothcomb?
 * ... that Krijn is the common name for the first Neanderthal discovered in the Netherlands?
 * ... that seeds of the fossil yew genus Diploporus are larger than Taxus seeds and smaller than Torreya seeds?
 * ... that the fossil bivalve Emiliodonta shared its name with a coccolithophore for about a decade?
 * ... that the discovery of the extinct golden silk orb-weaver species Nephila jurassica extended the fossil record of the genus by 130 million years?
 * ... that the fossil ant genus Yantaromyrmex (pictured) is found in four amber deposits in Europe?
 * ... that members of the extinct bivalve genus Hemiconcavodonta are unique in the subfamily Concavodontinae in that their teeth point in two directions?
 * ... that the shortest fossil termite bug is Termitaradus avitinquilinus?
 * ... that Acer castorrivularis is one of five extinct maples from the Eocene Beaver Creek flora in Montana?