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 * ... that the extinct ant Gesomyrmex germanicus was described from only four fossils?
 * ... that fossils of the extinct bivalve family Praenuculidae have been found on every continent except Antarctica?
 * ... that the fossil moss Rhizomnium dentatum is preserved in the same amber block as two other mosses and part of a centipede?
 * ... that both Fordilla and Pojetaia, Cambrian members of the extinct bivalve family Fordillidae, are part of the Turkish small shelly fauna?
 * ...that when the roof of Dublin's Hellfire Club (pictured) blew off, locals attributed it to Satan's punishment for using a cairn as building material?
 * ... that, together with Platychelys, Pleurosternon is one of the few fossil genera with characteristics of both modern turtle suborders?
 * ... that the Cretaceous ant Haidomyrmodes mammuthus is named for the similarity between its mandible shape and mammoth tusks?
 * ... that Greenland's well preserved archaeological site on Nipisat Island contains some stone artifacts that were previously unknown from the Saqqaq culture?
 * ... that the remains of the armoured dinosaur Europelta were uncovered in a coal mine in Spain in 2011?
 * ... that one species of the extinct wasp Palaeovespa fed caterpillars to its larvae?