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...that
Jan Czerski
(pictured)
,
exiled to Siberia
after the
January Uprising
, became a
self-taught
scientist and
Siberian
explorer, thrice decorated with the gold medal by the
Russian Geographical Society
?
... that the
shell
of the
extinct
sea urchin
Pelanechinus corallina
was composed of separate groups of fused plates which resulted in its being flexible?
... that
scheduled monuments in the ceremonial county of Somerset
range in age from
neolithic
to
World War II
?
...that the
Palanga Amber Museum
(pictured)
in
Lithuania
holds a collection of about 28,000 items of
amber
, including about 15,000 pieces that contain insects, spiders, and plants?
... that the fossils of the dinosaur
Arcovenator escotae
were found through preliminary digging before construction took place on the
A8 motorway
in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
, France?
... that the
rove beetle
Diochus electrus
is the first definite member of the subfamily
Staphylininae
from the fossil record?
...that the
prosauropod
dinosaur
Efraasia
was misidentified at least four times before being recognized as a separate
genus
?
...that the dinosaur
Lufengosaurus
, whose remains were found in
China
, was the first
dinosaur
to appear on a commemorative
postage stamp
, in 1958?
... that the
stegosaurid
Miragaia
had more neck
vertebrae
than almost all of the
sauropod
dinosaurs, known for their long necks?
...that the
Phyllodon
, a small
herbivorous
dinosaur
from the
Late Jurassic
found in present-day Portugal, may have been closely related to
North American
dinosaurs?
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