Portal:Paleontology/DYK/47


 * ... that Orsten, fossil-bearing lagerstätten in Sweden and elsewhere, are called "stinking stones" from organic content that has been preserved since the Cambrian Period?
 * ... that the extinct fern species Osmunda wehrii was named in honor of Northwest school painter and amateur paleobotanist Wesley C. Wehr?
 * ... that fossils of the extinct bivalve family Praenuculidae have been found on every continent except Antarctica?
 * ...that prehistoric frog Beelzebufo may have grown to over 40 cm (size comparison pictured), larger than any living frogs, and is called "the Frog from Hell" by the media?
 * ... that the Jurassic crocodile relative Phyllodontosuchus had two types of teeth; one type resembled those of some herbivorous dinosaurs, indicating it may not have been a strict carnivore?
 * ... that unlike modern Sassafras, which are deciduous, the extinct species Sassafras hesperia (fossil pictured) may have been evergreen?
 * ... that the fordilloid Camya asy is one of four accepted Cambrian bivalves?
 * ... that the Ph.D dissertation of taphonomist Kay Behrensmeyer suggested that sauropods were terrestrial?
 * ... that the big-headed fly Metanephrocerus belgardeae expanded the known range for the genus to North America?
 * ... that the original type specimens of the Electrostephanus fossils may have been burned up during World War II?