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 * ... that the Stonerose fossil site contains the earliest known records of Rosaceae, the rose family?
 * ... that the paleobotanists David P. Penhallow and Chester A. Arnold both published studies on the extinct water-fern Azolla primaeva?
 * ... that the fossil big-headed fly Priabona is named for the age of the rocks in which it was found?
 * ...that the Silurian Lau extinction event caused the Earth to temporarily return to a condition similar to how it was before multicellular life evolved?
 * ... that the extinct ant Gesomyrmex germanicus was described from only four fossils?
 * ... that species in the fossil ant genus Myrmeciites are named for Hercules, Goliath, and a river?
 * ... that Tory Member of Parliament Admiral Theobald Jones 1868) was a member of the Geological Society of London and kept a large collection of Carboniferous fishes?
 * ... that the type specimen of the extinct nutmeg yew Torreya clarnensis is located in Florida?
 * ... that the ants Anonychomyrma samlandica and A. geinitzi have been preserved in the same piece of amber?
 * ... that highlights from the history of ornithomimosaur research include the ostrich-like Ornithomimus (skeletal mount pictured), an Archaeornithomimus bonebed in Mongolia, and the bizarre, giant-armed Deinocheirus?