Portal:Paleontology/DYK/32


 * ... that the Permian therocephalian Glanosuchus, an early relative of mammals, may have been warm-blooded?
 * ... that at least one species of the extinct termites Parastylotermes (fossil pictured) was found in the Calico Mountains?
 * ... that Siats, named after a man-eating monster, is the geologically youngest North American allosauroid yet discovered?
 * ... that the extinct trilobite Bumastus (artist's rendition pictured) was named after its resemblance to large grapes?
 * ... that the sloth lemurs   of the genus Mesopropithecus   were once thought to be indriids   due to the similarities between their skulls and those of living sifakas?
 * ... that the Paleocene Ginkgo cranei is the first fossil Ginkgo to be described from Tertiary "seeds"?
 * ... that the extinct plant genus Dillhoffia can't be placed into a flowering plant family at this time?
 * ... that Jurellana tithonia, dating from the Jurassic, is the earliest known porcelain crab?
 * ...that Polar dinosaurs could have walked to Australia, because during the early Cretaceous the continent of Australia was still linked to Antarctica?
 * ... that it has been suggested the extinct palm genus Palaeoraphe was restricted to the Greater Antilles?