Portal:Paleontology/DYK/31


 * ... that the extinct wasp Deinodryinus? aptianus has antennae similar to only two other Deinodryinus species?
 * ... that the extinct Miocene age maple Acer smileyi has been classified as closely related to the living Acer nipponicum (pictured)?
 * ... that Rhachitomi, a group of temnospondyl amphibians, was established as a clade in 2013?
 * ... that the diminutive pterosaur Arcticodactylus from Greenland had a wingspan of only 24 cm?
 * ... that the extinct Eocene maple species Acer rousei is a possible ancestor to the vine maple?
 * ... that Gerobatrachus is considered to be a missing link that supports the hypothesis offered by cladistics, that frogs and salamanders had a common ancestor?
 * ...that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg?
 * ... that the fossil pelican Pelecanus schreiberi from North Carolina was possibly the largest species of pelican ever?
 * ... that among fossils found at Koonwarra, Victoria are those of horseshoe crabs, ginkgo and gnetophytes?
 * ... that the fossil ant Azteca eumeces is one of two Azteca species found in Dominican amber?