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A model of Dinocochlea ingens with Paul D. Taylor for scale.

... that Dinocochlea was thought to be a giant snail shell or fossilised dinosaur dung but is actually a solidified worm's burrow?
... that the extinct stingray Heliobatis (pictured) has been found with up to three stings on its tail?
... that the extinct ant Anochetus intermedius had mandibles longer than its head?
... that Okmulgee State Park (pictured) in Oklahoma is one of only a few places in the world where the fossil coral Gymnophyllum wardi is found?
...that the prehistoric badger genus Chamitataxus lived during the Late Miocene and is considered the most primitive badger genus in North America?

An illustration of a fossil of the arthropleuridean arthropleura

... that Arthropleuridea is an extinct class of myriapods which includes, at over 2 meters long, the largest terrestrial arthropods that ever lived?