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![A fossil life restoration of](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Nesagapostemon_moronei.jpg/100px-Nesagapostemon_moronei.jpg)
- ... 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?
![A fossil of Mongolarachne](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Mongolarachne.jpg/100px-Mongolarachne.jpg)
- ... 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?