... that the extinct ant Anochetus lucidus is named for its shiny exoskeleton?
... that the recently described extinct
penguinInkayacu from the
Eocene of
Peru is postulated to have had gray and reddish brown feathers, unlike the black and white feathers of living penguins?
... that Ocepeia (pictured), a 60-million-year-old
afrotherianmammal, is named after a Moroccan mining company?
... that Electrinocellia peculiaris is named for the Latin "electrum" meaning
amber, "Inocellia", the type genus for
Inocelliidae, and "peculiaris" for the enigmatic nature of the species?
... that Adolf Carl Noé challenged disbelief in the possibility of North American
coal balls(example pictured) by presenting a wheelbarrow full of them?
... that the extinct ant Anochetus lucidus is named for its shiny exoskeleton?
... that the recently described extinct
penguinInkayacu from the
Eocene of
Peru is postulated to have had gray and reddish brown feathers, unlike the black and white feathers of living penguins?
... that Ocepeia (pictured), a 60-million-year-old
afrotherianmammal, is named after a Moroccan mining company?
... that Electrinocellia peculiaris is named for the Latin "electrum" meaning
amber, "Inocellia", the type genus for
Inocelliidae, and "peculiaris" for the enigmatic nature of the species?
... that Adolf Carl Noé challenged disbelief in the possibility of North American
coal balls(example pictured) by presenting a wheelbarrow full of them?