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 * ... that the extinct Pliocene dolphin Australodelphis from the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica has been described as an example of convergent evolution with whales?
 * ... that, being a descendant of Pliohippus, Astrohippus is not considered to be an ancestor to modern horses?
 * ... that the oldest association between Trypanosoma, which causes Chagas disease, and its vector, the assassin bug Triatoma, is found in Triatoma dominicana and Trypanosoma antiquus?
 * ... that the extinct Neocorynura electra, found in Dominican  amber, is the only  known species of Neocorynura "sweat bee" from the Greater  Antilles?


 * ... that the extinct Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Kenya was the largest true crocodile and may have eaten early human ancestors?