Portal:Paleontology/DYK/38


 * ... that the extinct Hydriomena? protrita was the first geometer moth to be described from the American fossil record?
 * ... that the moth lacewing genus Principiala is known for three, possibly four, fossils?
 * ... that the discovery of 189 fossils of the mid-Cambrian Odontogriphus thrust it into the centre of a heated debate about the evolution of molluscs, annelids and brachiopods?
 * ... that the paleobotanists David P. Penhallow and Chester A. Arnold both published studies on the extinct water-fern Azolla primaeva?
 * ... that fossils of extinct giant cicadas (pictured) were once misidentified as the oldest known butterflies?
 * ... that the large prehistoric amphibian Cyclotosaurus had a skull up to 70 cm long?
 * ... that the extinct Canadian redwood Metasequoia foxii was described from over 10,000 fossils?
 * ... that siltstone deposits have allowed three-dimensional fossils of the extinct mushroom crinoid to be excavated from Indiana?
 * ... that highlights from the history of tyrannosaur research include the first carnivorous dinosaur known to walk bipedally, the giant Tyrannosaurus rex, and feathered taxa from China like Yutyrannus?
 * ... that the extinct Eocene maple Acer republicense is known from only one fossil seed?