User:Abyssal/Portal:Paleogene/DYK/33

Fossil of Prodryas persephone. — Fossil of *Prodryas persephone*.

... that the fossil butterfly Prodryas persephone (engraving pictured) is so well preserved that individual wing scales can be seen?
... that the extinct fly Schwenckfeldina archoica has spines on its genitalia?
... that the extinct genus Paleopanax is one of the oldest reliable records for the ginseng family?
... that the oldest known member of the mayfly family Neoephemeridae is the Eocene species Neoephemera antiqua?
... that Australornis is the first early Paleocene bird fossil discovered from New Zealand that is not a penguin?