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A model of Dinocochlea ingens with Paul D. Taylor for scale.
... that
Dinocochlea
was thought to be a giant
snail shell
or
fossilised dinosaur dung
but is actually a
solidified
worm's burrow?
... that the
extinct
stingray
Heliobatis
(pictured)
has been found with up to three stings on its tail?
... that the extinct ant
Anochetus intermedius
had
mandibles
longer than its head?
... that
Okmulgee State Park
(pictured)
in
Oklahoma
is one of only a few places in the world where the fossil
coral
Gymnophyllum wardi
is found?
...that the prehistoric
badger
genus
Chamitataxus
lived during the Late
Miocene
and is considered the most primitive badger genus in
North America
?
An illustration of a fossil of the arthropleuridean arthropleura
... that
Arthropleuridea
is an
extinct
class of
myriapods
which includes, at over 2 meters long, the largest terrestrial
arthropods
that ever lived?
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