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![A model of Dinocochlea ingens with Paul D. Taylor for scale.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/DinocochleaModel.jpg/40px-DinocochleaModel.jpg)
- ... 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](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Arthropleura_1914.jpg/55px-Arthropleura_1914.jpg)
- ... that Arthropleuridea is an extinct class of myriapods which includes, at over 2 meters long, the largest terrestrial arthropods that ever lived?