- ... that the fossil butterfly Prodryas persephone (engraving pictured) is so well preserved that individual wing scales can be seen?
- ... that the extinct fly Schwenckfeldina archoica has spines on its genitalia?
- ... that the extinct genus Paleopanax is one of the oldest reliable records for the ginseng family?
- ... that the oldest known member of the mayfly family Neoephemeridae is the Eocene species Neoephemera antiqua?
- ... that Australornis is the first early Paleocene bird fossil discovered from New Zealand that is not a penguin?