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 * ... that the many examples of extinct 48-million year old bat genus Palaeochiropteryx (life restoration pictured) found in the Messel lake may have drowned after being rendered unconscious in flight by poisonous volcanic gases?
 * ... that Akanthosuchus, an extinct crocodilian from the Paleocene, is the only known crocodilian with both spiked and bladed armor?
 * ... that Alexander Wetmore assessed the extinct Eonessa anaticula as being an ancient type of duck, possibly due to its fossil's resemblance to the modern Oxyura jamaicensis?
 * ... that out of the described snakefly specimens from the Florissant Formation, the Raphidia  funerata  holotype  is the most complete?
 * ... that Electrinocellia peculiaris is named for the Latin "electrum"  meaning amber,  "Inocellia", the type genus for Inocelliidae,  and "peculiaris" for the enigmatic nature of the species?