PORTAL:PALEONTOLOGY DYK 5

... that Mary Buckland, a scientific illustrator, took a year-long geological tour as a honeymoon with her husband William Buckland?
... that the extinct ant Agroecomyrmex duisburgi (head pictured) was first described in 1868?
... that the entire Arostropsis weevil genus is known from only one specimen, which is 45 million years old?
... that over the course of the history of stegosaur research, their iconic back plates have been thought to function as armor plating, to regulate body temperature, or to attract mates?
... that Mesotherium ("middle beast") (skull pictured) was so named because its discoverer believed it was an intermediate between rodents and pachyderms?

...that Mauisaurus was the largest plesiosaur to roam New Zealand waters and that it gets its name from the Māori god Maui?
... that Jaggermeryx naida was named in honor of Mick Jagger due to its large, sensitive lips?
... that Dactylosaurus lived in the Middle Triassic period during the Anisian faunal stage of central Europe?
... that Bambolinetta was probably the only duck species to propel itself underwater with its wings, like a penguin?
...that the prehistoric marine reptile Excalibosaurus (pictured) was named after King Arthur's sword because of the sword-like appearance of its upper jaw?

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