User:Abyssal/Prehistory of North America/DYK/24


 * ...that the Choristodera are extinct reptiles that lived during the time of the dinosaurs and have a skull structure similar to that of the modern day Gharial?
 * ... that, when described, the brown lacewing species Wesmaelius mathewesi was the most ancient member of its subfamily?
 * ... that fossils of 23 mammal species including mammoth, dire wolf, giant ground sloth, pre-historic bison, camel, and horse have been found at Fossil Lake in south central Oregon?
 * ... that the extinct sandfly species Lutzomyia adiketis is host to the Paleoleishmania species P. neotropicum?
 * ... that the early Oligocene maple, Acer ashwilli, is known from only eight places in Oregon?
 * ... that scholarly estimates for the dates of southeastern Illinois' Hubele archaeological site vary by 1,400 years from earliest to latest?
 * ... that a fossil of the extinct sea scorpion Eurypterus (restoration pictured) was once thought to be a catfish?
 * ...that the prehistoric badger genus Chamitataxus lived during the Late Miocene and is considered the most primitive badger genus in North America?
 * ... that the extinct Canadian redwood Metasequoia foxii was described from over 10,000 fossils?
 * ...that the extinct species of Edaphodon, a type of rabbitfish related to the shark, grazed along the bottom of the ocean like land-dwelling herbivores do now?