PORTAL:PALEONTOLOGY DYK 23

... that the extinct ant Anochetus corayi was the first Anochetus species described from a fossil?
... that the extinct fir species Abies milleri, known from Early Eocene fossils (pictured) found in Ferry County, Washington, is considered the oldest confirmed record for the fir genus?
... that the stems in the pseudo- trunk of the extinct fern Tempskya decayed as the plant matured, leaving a layer of adventitious roots behind?
... that this month celebrates the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the main Burgess Shale locality?
... that the extinct lacewing Undulopsychopsis (fossil pictured) is the only psychopsid to have wavy wings?

... that major discoveries in the history of ceratosaur research include horned predators like Ceratosaurus (pictured), Majungasaurus, and Carnotaurus, as well as a bonebed of the projecting-toothed Masiakasaurus?
... that Yongjiacaris represents the second report of freshwater caridean shrimp from the Mesozoic era?
... that the extinct rose family member Neviusia dunthornei is one of only three known Neviusia species?
...that William King Gregory, a leading authority on vertebrate evolution and the preeminent expert on human dentition, was initially taken in by the Piltdown Man, a hoax which was purported to be an early human?
... that as recently as 500 years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs, referred to as subfossil lemurs, that weighed between 10 and 200 kg (22 and 441 lb)?

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