PORTAL:PALEONTOLOGY DYK 57

A size comparison image of Utahraptor with a human to scale

... that highlights from the history of dromaeosaurid research include a skeleton of Velociraptor preserved in combat with a Protoceratops, the gigantic Utahraptor, and tiny four-winged Microraptor?
... that the extinct lobe-finned fish Laccognathus embryi (reconstruction pictured) had fangs up to 3.8 cm (1.5 in) long?
...that ostracoderms are the earliest known vertebrate animals?
... that the extinct witch-hazel Langeria is named for American philosopher Susanne Langer?
... that the only fossil of the extinct moth Baltimartyria sat on a paleoentomologist's desk for a number of years before being described in 2011?

...that Repenomamus may have been the largest mammal in the Cretaceous period and is the only mammal known to have eaten non-avian dinosaurs?

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