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 * ... that Aegirocassis is the earliest example of massive filter-feeder animals discovered?
 * ... that the extinct ants Azteca alpha carried larvae of the nematode Formicodiplogaster myrmenema?
 * ... that small shells of Trigonoconcha are triangular?
 * ... that lemurs (pictured) are primates that evolved and diversified on the island of Madagascar after arriving there at least 56 million years ago on a raft of vegetation?
 * ... that the fossil ant genus Yantaromyrmex (pictured) is found in four amber deposits in Europe?
 * ... that the extinct parasitic wasp Metapelma archetypon is thought to have preyed upon wood-boring beetles?
 * ... that blade-like teeth in the extinct mammalian family Ferugliotheriidae may have evolved into molar-like teeth in the Sudamericidae?
 * ... that the extinct planthopper Emiliana was described from a single 47 million year old wing?
 * ... that Entropezites, Mycetophagites, and Palaeoagaracites present the oldest evidence of fungal parasitism and hyperparasitism by other fungi in the fossil record?
 * ... that Obamadon was an extinct lizard that was named after President Barack Obama as a tribute to his "role model of good oral hygiene for the world"?