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 * ... that the recently described synapsid Raranimus (pictured) is the most basal member of the orderTherapsida, from which mammals are a descendant taxon?
 * ... that the specific name of Tambachia trogallas, the type species of the trematopid temnospondyl Tambachia, refers to the Thuringian bratwurst that was frequently eaten by the describers of the species?
 * ... that the Early Permian microsaur Rhynchonkos (pictured) shares many similarities with Eocaecilia, and may be an ancestor of caecilians?
 * ... that the parareptile Eunotosaurus (restoration pictured) was once widely accepted as a transitional form between turtles and their prehistoric ancestors?
 * ... that extinct diadectid reptiliomorphs (life restoration pictured) were the first large herbivorous land animals?