User:Abyssal/Prehistory of North America/DYK/26

... that the extinct ant Anochetus lucidus is named for its shiny exoskeleton?
... that the first woman elected to the Geological Society of America, Mary Emilie Holmes, was also one of the cofounders of a historically black college?
... that at least one species of the extinct termites Parastylotermes (fossil pictured) was found in the Calico Mountains?
... that the Stoner archaeological site in Illinois is unusual for its lack of evidence of substantial occupation by any people other than the Allison-Lamotte culture?

... that siltstone deposits have allowed three-dimensional fossils of the extinct mushroom crinoid to be excavated from Indiana?
... that the extinct maple section Torada is only known from the three Eocene species A. stonebergae, A. toradense, and A. washingtonense?
... that the type specimen of the extinct whip scorpion Graeophonus carbonarius was originally identified as a species of dragonfly?
... that Tyrannasorus rex had wings and six legs?
... that "color markings", considered rare among fossil crabs, have been found on Avitelmessus?