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A Lutzomyia adiketis preserved in amber
... that the extinct
sandfly
species
Lutzomyia adiketis
is host to the
Paleoleishmania
species
P. neotropicum
?
... that
Xylolaemus sakhnovi
was the first of its genus described from the fossil record?
... that the type specimen of the extinct
tortoise beetle
Denaeaspis
is only 6.04 millimetres (0.238 in) long?
... that the
type specimen
of the extinct
whip scorpion
Graeophonus carbonarius
was originally identified as a species of dragonfly?
... that
paleoecologist
Heinz Lowenstam
discovered that living organisms can produce
magnetite
within their bodies?
An Arenysuchus skull
... that the extinct crocodilian
Arenysuchus
was part of the first
evolutionary radiation
of
crocodyloids
?
... that
Kairuku grebneffi
, an extinct species of penguin, was nearly 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long and weighed 50% more than modern
Emperor Penguins
?
... that highlights from the
history of ceratopsian research
include the discovery of the iconic
Triceratops
(skeletal mount pictured)
, spike-frilled
Styracosaurus
, and vast bonebeds preserving thousands of
Centrosaurus
?
... that
Frederic Brewster Loomis
uncovered
vertebrate
fossils
that were still exhibited at
Amherst College
's
Beneski Museum of Natural History
almost a century later?
... that the fossil
yew
Taxus masonii
was described from fifteen fossils collected from 1942 to 1989?
Category
:
Paleontology portal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Paleontology
|
DYK
A Lutzomyia adiketis preserved in amber
... that the extinct
sandfly
species
Lutzomyia adiketis
is host to the
Paleoleishmania
species
P. neotropicum
?
... that
Xylolaemus sakhnovi
was the first of its genus described from the fossil record?
... that the type specimen of the extinct
tortoise beetle
Denaeaspis
is only 6.04 millimetres (0.238 in) long?
... that the
type specimen
of the extinct
whip scorpion
Graeophonus carbonarius
was originally identified as a species of dragonfly?
... that
paleoecologist
Heinz Lowenstam
discovered that living organisms can produce
magnetite
within their bodies?
An Arenysuchus skull
... that the extinct crocodilian
Arenysuchus
was part of the first
evolutionary radiation
of
crocodyloids
?
... that
Kairuku grebneffi
, an extinct species of penguin, was nearly 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long and weighed 50% more than modern
Emperor Penguins
?
... that highlights from the
history of ceratopsian research
include the discovery of the iconic
Triceratops
(skeletal mount pictured)
, spike-frilled
Styracosaurus
, and vast bonebeds preserving thousands of
Centrosaurus
?
... that
Frederic Brewster Loomis
uncovered
vertebrate
fossils
that were still exhibited at
Amherst College
's
Beneski Museum of Natural History
almost a century later?
... that the fossil
yew
Taxus masonii
was described from fifteen fossils collected from 1942 to 1989?
Category
:
Paleontology portal
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