User:Abyssal/Prehistory of Antarctica/DYK/1

• ... that the Antarctic Peninsula has experienced subduction for over 200 million years?

• ... that the extinct amphibian Cryobatrachus (restoration pictured) was discovered in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica?

• ... that during the 20th century, the first large-scale excavation of dinosaur footprints was undertaken in Texas for an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History?

• ...that fossil Thelodont fish (depiction pictured) surprised scientists by showing that stomachs evolved before jaws?

• ... that microbial mats increase our understanding of evolution by helping to preserve soft-bodied organisms and soft parts of hard-shelled animals?