Portal:Paleontology/DYK/56


 * ... that Dinocochlea was thought to be a giant snail shell or fossilised dinosaur dung but is actually a solidified worm's burrow?
 * ... that the extinct stingray Heliobatis (pictured) has been found with up to three stings on its tail?
 * ... that the extinct ant Anochetus intermedius had mandibles longer than its head?
 * ... that Okmulgee State Park (pictured) in Oklahoma is one of only a few places in the world where the fossil coral Gymnophyllum wardi is found?
 * ...that the prehistoric badger genus Chamitataxus lived during the Late Miocene and is considered the most primitive badger genus in North America?
 * ... that Arthropleuridea is an extinct class of myriapods which includes, at over 2 meters long, the largest terrestrial arthropods that ever lived?