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 * ... that Titanoceratops was known from an almost complete skeleton that was assigned to Pentaceratops, and that the two were only distantly related?
 * ...that Pachycheilosuchus, an Early Cretaceous crocodile relative, was less than a meter (3.3 ft) long and had an armored neck?
 * ... that the moth lacewing Elektrithone is the first member of its family found in Baltic amber?
 * ... that the fossil ant Aphaenogaster donisthorpei was once part of the Samuel Hubbard Scudder insect collection?
 * ... that although the giant fossa, formerly one of the top carnivores of Madagascar, is thought to be extinct, there is some anecdotal evidence of very large living fossas?
 * ... that the ant Aphaenogaster amphioceanica (pictured) is in the same amber fossil as six Pseudarmadillo cristatus woodlice?
 * ... that Paleodictyon nodosum made use of a new source of energy not dependent on the Sun?
 * ... that Australornis is the first early Paleocene bird fossil discovered from New Zealand that is not a penguin?
 * ... that ants of the extinct genus Haidomyrmex could possibly open their mandibles to almost twice their head size?
 * ... that with a 150 mm wingspan, Sinomeganeura is small for the Griffenfly family Meganeuridae, known for species with spans over 700 mm?