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A life restoration of Hadropithecus stenognathus
... that the
extinct
monkey lemurs
, including
Hadropithecus
(pictured)
, were most closely related to modern
indris
and
sifakas
, as well as the extinct
sloth lemurs
?
... that over 16 million years ago, four species of parrot in the genus
Nelepsittacus
made their home in subtropical rainforest in what is now
Otago
, New Zealand?
... that
Paul S. Martin
and
Paul Sidney Martin
both worked as anthropologists at the
University of Arizona
in the early 1970s?
... that the extinct planthopper
Ordralfabetix
is named for a character from
The Adventures of Asterix
?
... that the
Late Cretaceous
madtsoiid
snake
Menarana
had several adaptations for head-first
burrowing
, but its large size may have made burrowing difficult or impossible?
A life restoration of Schinderhannes
... that an
anomalocaridid
, a bizarre
Cambrian
organism,
has been found
100 million years later, in the
Devonian
era?
... that the fossil crane fly
Elephantomyia baltica
is known from a single male in
amber
?
... that the fossil ant
Aphaenogaster praerelicta
is entombed in amber with three flies, two springtails, and a wasp?
... that with a forewing length of only 3.36 millimetres (0.132 in)
Microberotha
is one of the smallest known
beaded lacewings
to have been described?
... that the
extinct
crab
Metacarcinus starri
from
Washington state
is related to the
graceful rock crab
?
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