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Fossil lake interpretive sign
... that
fossils
of 23
mammal
species including
mammoth
,
dire wolf
,
giant ground sloth
,
pre-historic bison
,
camel
, and
horse
have been found at
Fossil Lake
in south central
Oregon
?
... that findings of
Cylindroteuthis
and other
belemnites
in
Greenland
suggest that an early form of the
Gulf Stream
existed as early as the
Valanginian
(
Early Cretaceous
)?
... that the type specimen of
Kinkonychelys
represents the first
turtle
skull described from the pre-
Holocene
era in
Madagascar
?
...that
Castorocauda lutrasimilis
, a recently described
mammal
relative that looked like an
otter
with a
beaver
's tail,
evolved
a semi-
aquatic
lifestyle 110 million years earlier than any other mammal-like animal?
... that the extinct
earwig
Tytthodiplatys
is the oldest confirmed member of its family?
A skeletal mount of Smok wawelski
... that a fossilized
dragon
has been found in Poland?
... that
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
details the development of the hypothesis that
dinosaurs were wiped out
by a
meteor impact
?
... that the
shell
of the
extinct
sea urchin
Pelanechinus corallina
was composed of separate groups of fused plates which resulted in its being flexible?
... that fossils of the extinct
sumac
Rhus malloryi
(pictured)
were first published in 1935?
... that although
Atopodentatus
had a fearsome set of teeth, it was a
filter feeder
and not a
predator
?
Category
:
Paleontology portal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Paleontology
|
DYK
Fossil lake interpretive sign
... that
fossils
of 23
mammal
species including
mammoth
,
dire wolf
,
giant ground sloth
,
pre-historic bison
,
camel
, and
horse
have been found at
Fossil Lake
in south central
Oregon
?
... that findings of
Cylindroteuthis
and other
belemnites
in
Greenland
suggest that an early form of the
Gulf Stream
existed as early as the
Valanginian
(
Early Cretaceous
)?
... that the type specimen of
Kinkonychelys
represents the first
turtle
skull described from the pre-
Holocene
era in
Madagascar
?
...that
Castorocauda lutrasimilis
, a recently described
mammal
relative that looked like an
otter
with a
beaver
's tail,
evolved
a semi-
aquatic
lifestyle 110 million years earlier than any other mammal-like animal?
... that the extinct
earwig
Tytthodiplatys
is the oldest confirmed member of its family?
A skeletal mount of Smok wawelski
... that a fossilized
dragon
has been found in Poland?
... that
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
details the development of the hypothesis that
dinosaurs were wiped out
by a
meteor impact
?
... that the
shell
of the
extinct
sea urchin
Pelanechinus corallina
was composed of separate groups of fused plates which resulted in its being flexible?
... that fossils of the extinct
sumac
Rhus malloryi
(pictured)
were first published in 1935?
... that although
Atopodentatus
had a fearsome set of teeth, it was a
filter feeder
and not a
predator
?
Category
:
Paleontology portal
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