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 * ...that eighty years on, scientists are still debating whether the Palæozoic fossils known as Chitinozoans (SEM image pictured) represent plants, animals or eggs?
 * ... that the extinct wasps Dryinus grimaldii and Dryinus rasnitsyni are distinguishable by the modified claws on their front legs?
 * ... that only three possible fossils of the extinct ant Aphaenogaster oligocenica have been reported?
 * ... that Calsoyasuchus valleyceps, an extinct crocodile relative from the Early Jurassic, has a deep groove in its skull from which its species name, "valley head", derives?
 * ... that the wings of the extinct ant Aphaenogaster longaeva had "excessively delicate" hairs?
 * ... that the Late Cretaceous madtsoiid snake Sanajeh preyed on hatchling sauropod dinosaurs at nesting sites in India?
 * ... that the specific name of Tambachia trogallas, the type species of the trematopid temnospondyl Tambachia, refers to the Thuringian bratwurst that was frequently eaten by the describers of the species?
 * ... that Tyrannasorus rex had wings and six legs?
 * ... that the existence of a sea monster in Scotland has finally been proven?
 * ... that Francisco Javier Muñiz was considered the first important naturalist from Argentina?