PORTAL:PALEONTOLOGY DYK 18

... that unlike living species of the genus, the extinct ant Gesomyrmex pulcher is from Germany rather than Asia?
... that the earliest known account of Lebanese fossils is attributed to Herodotus?
... that the Makauwahi Cave has been described as "...maybe the richest fossil site in the Hawaiian Islands, perhaps in the entire Pacific Island region"?
... that Tzaganosuchus fossils were first discovered during a joint paleontological expedition by the Soviet Union and Mongolia?
... that the extinct earwig Toxolabis was preserved with two earwig nymphs?

...that the extinct marine reptile Kaganaias is the only ancient aquatic scaled reptile to be found in Asia?
... that the extinct maple Acer dettermani is only known from the flank of a volcano?
... that the only known specimen of the extinct spider Palaeoperenethis is in the Royal Ontario Museum?
... that the first four specimens of the fossil earwig Zigrasolabis are all preserved in the same piece of amber?
... that a small fetus is preserved in the holotype fossil of the extinct stingray Asterotrygon?

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