Portal:Paleontology/DYK/39

... that Aegirocassis is the earliest example of massive filter-feeder animals discovered?
... that the extinct ants Azteca alpha carried larvae of the nematode Formicodiplogaster myrmenema?
... that small shells of Trigonoconcha are triangular?
... that lemurs (pictured) are primates that evolved and diversified on the island of Madagascar after arriving there at least 56 million years ago on a raft of vegetation?
... that the fossil ant genus Yantaromyrmex (pictured) is found in four amber deposits in Europe?

... that the extinct parasitic wasp Metapelma archetypon is thought to have preyed upon wood-boring beetles?
... that blade-like teeth in the extinct mammalian family Ferugliotheriidae may have evolved into molar-like teeth in the Sudamericidae?
... that the extinct planthopper Emiliana was described from a single 47 million year old wing?
... that Entropezites, Mycetophagites, and Palaeoagaracites present the oldest evidence of fungal parasitism and hyperparasitism by other fungi in the fossil record?
... that Obamadon was an extinct lizard that was named after President Barack Obama as a tribute to his "role model of good oral hygiene for the world"?