Portal:Paleontology/DYK/37


 * ... that the extinct termite Zophotermes ashoki is named after a "sage of Indian paleontology"?
 * ... that the extinct North American Oligocene-age vulture Phasmagyps may be the oldest New World vulture?
 * ... that leaves of the fossil maple Acer palaeorufinerve resemble the living redvein maple?
 * ... that the extinct planthopper Tainosia quisqueyae was named for the Taíno people and Hispaniola?
 * ... that the extinct bivalve subfamily Praenuculinae can be told apart from its sister subfamily by looking at teeth?
 * ... that Kulindroplax is the first known mollusk showing an unambiguous combination of exterior shells and a worm-like body?
 * ... that the name for the extinct birch family genus Kardiasperma is from the Greek words for "heart" and "seed"?
 * ... that the fossil ant genus Archiponera is known from a single pair of fossils described in 1930?
 * ... that Algeripithecus, a 46–50 million year old fossil primate, was once crucial for the African origins of simians (monkeys and apes), but now suggests African origins for lemurs and lorisoids?
 * ... that at the time of description, the extinct Tilia johnsoni (pictured) was the oldest basswood macrofossil occurrence?