PORTAL:PALEONTOLOGY DYK 13

...that the extinct crocodile-like Prionosuchus is the largest amphibian known to have existed?
...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 the extinct plant species Eucommia jeffersonensis and Eucommia rolandii were both described from fossils in 1997?
... that the extinct snakefly Alavaraphidia is known from a single female trapped in amber (pictured)?
... that the extinct maple section Torada is only known from the three Eocene species A. stonebergae, A. toradense, and A. washingtonense?

... that the shrimp-like 510-million-year-old arthropod Waptia (artist's restoration pictured) was named after two mountains?
... that the early dinosaur-like animal Lagerpeton was only 70 cm (28 in) long?
... that the extinct monitor lizard Ovoo gurvel has "mystery bones" in its skull?
... that the extinct termite bug Termitaradus dominicanus is divided into fourteen brown lobes?
... that the extinct arachnid Attercopus was once considered as the world's oldest spider?

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