Portal:Paleontology/DYK/9


 * ... that multiple Leptocleidus skeletons have been found preserved as gemstone quality opal over the course of the history of plesiosaur research?
 * ... that the ant Aphaenogaster avita was described from a fossil found in 1969?
 * ... that the early Eocene maple species Acer douglasense is the second-oldest maple known from Alaska?
 * ... that the extinct trapdoor spiders Baltocteniza and Electrocteniza were both identified from specimens in Baltic amber?
 * ... that the Qaisracetus, a genus of extinct early whales, was named after a tribe in Pakistan?
 * ... that the Late Eocene marine Hoko River Formation is noted for producing crab, gastropod, cephalopod, and wood fossils?
 * ... that the extinct ant Acanthognathus poinari had jaws like its modern relatives?
 * ... that the extinct Gigantoproductus giganteus was the largest known species of brachiopod?
 * ... that the extinct ant Attopsis was fossilized in what may have been a lagoon?
 * ... that the Klondike Mountain Formation has fossil hot springs and is a lagerstätten?