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... that the fossil horse Scaphohippus became extinct when tectonic barriers between the Great Plains and Great Basin of North America disappeared about 13 million years ago?
... that over 16 million years ago, four species of parrot in the genus Nelepsittacus made their home in subtropical rainforest in what is now Otago, New Zealand?
... that Urocyon progressus, a species of extinct fox, was formally described after two bones and a tooth were found?
... that the extinct Protosialis casca is one of only two known alderflies from the West Indies?
... that the ant Aphaenogaster avita was described from a fossil found in 1969?