User:Abyssal/Portal:Paleogene/DYK/24
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![Fossil of Asterotrygon maloneyi.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ypresiomyrma_rebekkae_holotype.jpg/100px-Ypresiomyrma_rebekkae_holotype.jpg)
- ... that one species of the extinct Eocene bulldog ant Ypresiomyrma (fossil pictured) reached up to 25 millimetres (0.98 in) in length?
- ... that the extinct parasitic wasp Metapelma archetypon is thought to have preyed upon wood-boring beetles?
- ... that the only known specimen of the extinct planthopper Glisachaemus jonasdamzeni is preserved with a parasitic mite?
- ... that when first described, the extinct bird Cruschedula was thought to be a "dry-land" penguin?
- ... that the early Eocene maple species Acer douglasense is the second-oldest maple known from Alaska?