PORTAL:PALEONTOLOGY DYK 47

... that Orsten, fossil-bearing lagerstätten in Sweden and elsewhere, are called "stinking stones" from organic content that has been preserved since the Cambrian Period?
... that the extinct fern species Osmunda wehrii was named in honor of Northwest school painter and amateur paleobotanist Wesley C. Wehr?
... that fossils of the extinct bivalve family Praenuculidae have been found on every continent except Antarctica?
...that prehistoric frog Beelzebufo may have grown to over 40 cm (16 in)^* (size comparison pictured), larger than any living frogs, and is called "the Frog from Hell" by the media?
... that the Jurassic crocodile relative Phyllodontosuchus had two types of teeth; one type resembled those of some herbivorous dinosaurs, indicating it may not have been a strict carnivore?

... that unlike modern Sassafras, which are deciduous, the extinct species Sassafras hesperia (fossil pictured) may have been evergreen?
... that the fordilloid Camya asy is one of four accepted Cambrian bivalves?
... that the Ph.D dissertation of taphonomist Kay Behrensmeyer suggested that sauropods were terrestrial?
... that the big-headed fly Metanephrocerus belgardeae expanded the known range for the genus to North America?
... that the original type specimens of the Electrostephanus fossils may have been burned up during World War II?

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