User:Abyssal/Prehistory of North America/DYK/20


 * ... that the extinct witchalder Fothergilla malloryi (pictured) is the oldest confirmed member of the genus Fothergilla?
 * ... that excavation at the Ashworth Archaeological Site in Indiana was halted because of the owner's religious beliefs?
 * ... that the extinct Chamaecyparis eureka is the oldest confirmed member of the genus Chamaecyparis?
 * ... that the extinct ants Azteca alpha carried larvae of the nematode Formicodiplogaster myrmenema?
 * ... that the Mesa Oil Field is within the Sespe and Vaqueros Formations, which together form the second-most-prolific oil-producing geologic unit in Southern California?
 * ... that a human skull was found from the Ratcliff Site "perforated with seven holes, and had evidently been held as a trophy, the holes being the score of enemies slaughtered in battle by the wearer"?
 * ... that Fig Island includes one of the largest and most complex Late Archaic shell rings in North America, and one of the best preserved circular shell rings?
 * ...that Cetartiodactyla is a hypothesis based on DNA that suggests whales and hippos are related?
 * ...that the only excavated stand-alone timber circles in the British Isles are those at Seahenge in Norfolk and the early phases of The Sanctuary in Wiltshire?
 * ... that the big-headed fly Metanephrocerus belgardeae expanded the known range for the genus to North America?