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... that the extinct sweat bee genus Nesagapostemon is known from a single 9.9-millimetre (0.39 in) female specimen?
... that unlike its closest living relatives, lemurs and lorisoids, Djebelemur from Eocene Africa probably lacked a toothcomb?
... that Krijn is the common name for the first Neanderthal discovered in the Netherlands?
... that seeds of the fossil yew genus Diploporus are larger than Taxus seeds and smaller than Torreya seeds?
... that the fossil bivalve Emiliodonta shared its name with a coccolithophore for about a decade?

... that the discovery of the extinct golden silk orb-weaver species Nephila jurassica extended the fossil record of the genus by 130 million years?
... that the fossil ant genus Yantaromyrmex (pictured) is found in four amber deposits in Europe?
... that members of the extinct bivalve genus Hemiconcavodonta are unique in the subfamily Concavodontinae in that their teeth point in two directions?
... that the shortest fossil termite bug is Termitaradus avitinquilinus?
... that Acer castorrivularis is one of five extinct maples from the Eocene Beaver Creek flora in Montana?