- ... that the many examples of extinct 48-million year old bat genus Palaeochiropteryx (life restoration pictured) found in the Messel lake may have drowned after being rendered unconscious in flight by poisonous volcanic gases?
- ... that Akanthosuchus, an extinct crocodilian from the Paleocene, is the only known crocodilian with both spiked and bladed armor?
- ... that Alexander Wetmore assessed the extinct Eonessa anaticula as being an ancient type of duck, possibly due to its fossil's resemblance to the modern Oxyura jamaicensis?
- ... that out of the described snakefly specimens from the Florissant Formation, the Raphidia funerata holotype is the most complete?
- ... that Electrinocellia peculiaris is named for the Latin "electrum" meaning amber, "Inocellia", the type genus for Inocelliidae, and "peculiaris" for the enigmatic nature of the species?