User:Abyssal/Prehistory of Europe/DYK/19


 * ... that the extinct ant Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni is the first member of its genus found in Europe?
 * ... that fossil collectors often call Polyptychoceras vancouverensis the "paperclip ammonite" or the "candy cane", due to its shape?
 * ... that fossils of extinct giant cicadas (pictured) were once misidentified as the oldest known butterflies?
 * ... that the fossil ant genus Yantaromyrmex (pictured) is found in four amber deposits in Europe?
 * ... that the European Cenozoic Rift System extends from the Mediterranean to the North Sea?
 * ... that during the 20th century, the first large-scale excavation of dinosaur footprints was undertaken in Texas for an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History?
 * ...that the funerary art (pictured) of many cultures includes psychopomps, like the Zapotec bat god, who conduct souls to the afterlife?
 * ... that the extinct snakefly genera Lebanoraphidia and Iberoraphidia are both named for the regions they were found in?
 * ... that the fordilloid Camya asy is one of four accepted Cambrian bivalves?
 * ... that recent excavation at St James Square revealed the first evidence of Mesolithic human settlement in Monmouth, Wales?