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 * ... that the extinct sweat bee genus Oligochlora contains six species all known from the Dominican amber deposits on Hispaniola?
 * ... that Riojasuchus was an ornithosuchid that is known from four skeletons and lived about 217 to 215 million years ago?
 * ... that the extinct ant Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni is the first member of its genus found in Europe?
 * ... that the extinct species Agulla mineralensis is the first North American snakefly to be described from Neogene fossils?
 * ... that the amber entombing the extinct ant Haidoterminus cippus (pictured) was preserved in a lagoon or saltwater marsh?
 * ...that the largest sea turtles ever to have swum the oceans belonged to the family Protostegidae?
 * ... that the extinct ant-like stone beetle Kachinus, found in Cretaceous amber, is similar in appearance to the modern genus Paraneseuthia?
 * ...  that at just over 18 mm, Fibla carpenteri  is the largest species of snakefly  known from amber?
 * ... that Aenigmastacus, a fossil crayfish from Canada, belongs to a family only otherwise known from the Southern Hemisphere?
 * ... that the extinct pseudoscorpion Pseudogarypus synchrotron is named for the synchrotron imaging equipment?