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 * ... that the extinct ant Burmomyrma rossi was missing its head when described?
 * ... that out of the described snakefly specimens from the Florissant Formation, the Raphidia  funerata  holotype  is the most complete?
 * ... that Alanqa is a newly described pterosaur from Morocco which had a wingspan of up to six metres?
 * ... that the extinct genus Paleopanax is one of the oldest reliable records for the ginseng family?
 * ... that with a 20 million year fossil record, Acer chaneyi has the longest fossil record of the Western North American maples?
 * ... that the primary leaf veins for the extinct plant Trochodendron nastae are palmate rather than being pinnate like those in the living Trochodendron aralioides?
 * ... that the Early Cretaceous crocodilian relative Susisuchus was one of the first mesoeucrocodylians to have a segmented shield of bony osteoderms over its back, which allowed for greater flexibility while swimming?
 * ... that the extinct griffenfly genus Bohemiatupus inhabited peat-mires?
 * ... that the extinct rose species Stonebergia columbiana is named for its type locality of British Columbia?
 * ... that the Miocene maple Acer latahense is most similar in appearance to the living Honshū maple?