Portal:Paleontology/DYK/49


 * ... that the extinct ant Asymphylomyrmex (pictured) was suggested to be a specialized group with no descendants?
 * ... that fossils of the extinct legume Hymenaea mexicana show several types of insect feeding?
 * ... that fossils of the extinct legume Hymenaea mexicana show several types of insect feeding?
 * ... that the extinct Syndesus ambericus is the only stag beetle known from the Caribbean?
 * ...that geologist T.H. Clark retired from McGill University in Quebec, Canada, at the age of 100, after teaching for 69 years?
 * ...that the first Styxosaurus fossil to be discovered had about 250 stones in its stomach that it probably swallowed for ballast?
 * ... that unlike the living golden-club Orontium aquaticum (pictured), the extinct species Orontium mackii may not have needed wetlands to grow?
 * ... that an unnamed member of the extinct order Hupehsuchia exhibited an unusual form of polydactyly that is similar to that of some early tetrapods of the Devonian period?
 * ... that the recently named trematopid temnospondyl Fedexia was named after the shipping service FedEx, which owned the land where the holotype specimen was found?
 * ... that the name Pachylemur, now used for a type of extinct giant lemur, was first used as group name of primitive primates once considered intermediate between pachyderms and lemurs?