PORTAL:PALEONTOLOGY DYK 32

... that the Permian therocephalian Glanosuchus, an early relative of mammals, may have been warm-blooded?
... that at least one species of the extinct termites Parastylotermes (fossil pictured) was found in the Calico Mountains?
... that Siats, named after a man-eating monster, is the geologically youngest North American allosauroid yet discovered?
... that the extinct trilobite Bumastus (artist's rendition pictured) was named after its resemblance to large grapes?
... that the sloth lemurs of the genus Mesopropithecus were once thought to be indriids due to the similarities between their skulls and those of living sifakas?

... that the Paleocene Ginkgo cranei is the first fossil Ginkgo to be described from Tertiary "seeds"?
... that the extinct plant genus Dillhoffia can't be placed into a flowering plant family at this time?
... that Jurellana tithonia, dating from the Jurassic, is the earliest known porcelain crab?
...that Polar dinosaurs could have walked to Australia, because during the early Cretaceous the continent of Australia was still linked to Antarctica?
... that it has been suggested the extinct palm genus Palaeoraphe was restricted to the Greater Antilles?

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