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- ... that the Barberton greenstone belt contains tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite domes wrapped in mafic and ultramafic layers of rocks (illustrated)?
- ... that the Ph.D dissertation of taphonomist Kay Behrensmeyer suggested that sauropods were terrestrial?
- ... that Jaggermeryx naida was named in honor of Mick Jagger due to its large, sensitive lips?
- ... that in the Diepkloof Rock Shelter, a rock cave in South Africa, some of the earliest use of symbols by humans has been found upon water containers made out of ostrich eggshells?
- ... that although the giant fossa, formerly one of the top carnivores of Madagascar, is thought to be extinct, there is some anecdotal evidence of very large living fossas?