User:Abyssal/Prehistory of North America/DYK/26


 * ... that the extinct ant Anochetus lucidus is named for its shiny exoskeleton?
 * ... that the first woman elected to the Geological Society of America, Mary Emilie Holmes, was also one of the cofounders of a historically black college?
 * ... that at least one species of the extinct termites Parastylotermes (fossil pictured) was found in the Calico Mountains?
 * ... that the Stoner archaeological site in Illinois is unusual for its lack of evidence of substantial occupation by any people other than the Allison-Lamotte culture?
 * ... that siltstone deposits have allowed three-dimensional fossils of the extinct mushroom crinoid to be excavated from Indiana?
 * ... that the extinct maple section Torada is only known from the three Eocene species A. stonebergae, A. toradense, and A. washingtonense?
 * ... that the type specimen of the extinct whip scorpion Graeophonus carbonarius was originally identified as a species of dragonfly?
 * ... that Tyrannasorus rex had wings and six legs?
 * ... that "color markings", considered rare among fossil crabs, have been found on Avitelmessus?