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 * ... that fossil collectors often call Polyptychoceras vancouverensis the "paperclip ammonite" or the "candy cane", due to its shape?


 * ... that the shadow of nearby mountains first hit the Tower of Jericho on the sunset of the summer solstice and then spread across the entire proto-city in c. 8000 BCE?


 * ... that highlights from 19th century ichnology include the discovery of protomammal tracks in England, dinosaur footprints in Massachusetts, and the mysterious hand-shaped Chirotherium tracks (pictured)?


 * ...that the inscription on King Ahiram's sarcophagus housed in the National Museum of Beirut is the earliest known example of alphabetical writing?


 * ...that the little-known Xiaosaurus may be an evolutionary missing link between Lesothosaurus to Hypsilophodon?