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 * ... that the ichnogenus Chondrites (pictured) can be used as an indicator of anoxia in sediments?
 * ... that the ancient snakefly Cantabroraphidia was the first snakefly described from the El Soplao ambers?
 * ... that highlights from the history of ornithomimosaur research include the ostrich-like Ornithomimus (skeletal mount pictured), an Archaeornithomimus bonebed in Mongolia, and the bizarre, giant-armed Deinocheirus?
 * ... 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?
 * ... that the Lewisian gneiss (pictured), forms the basement to Torridonian and Cambro-Ordovician sedimentary rocks in the Hebridean Terrane?
 * ... that Bambolinetta was probably the only duck species to propel itself underwater with its wings, like a penguin?
 * ...that the largest known metal vessel from antiquity is an elaborately decorated bronze volute krater (pictured) discovered at the Vix Grave in Burgundy, France in 1953?
 * ... that the skeleton of a pregnant woman and her unborn child dating back to 3000 BC was found in the Kamenica Tumulus in Albania?
 * ...that the freshwater weed Azolla may have grown in the Arctic Ocean with enough vigour to plunge the world into an ice age?
 * ... that although the prehistoric shark Nanocetorhinus is named for the resemblance of its teeth to miniature Cetorhinus teeth, there is no evidence the two genera are closely related?