- ... that fossils of extinct giant cicadas (pictured) were once misidentified as the oldest known butterflies?
- ... that the extinct ant Burmomyrma rossi was missing its head when described?
- ...that the enigmatic Ediacaran biota (fossil pictured) have been classified into every major group of lifeforms, including their own kingdom?
- ...that the funerary art (pictured) of many cultures includes psychopomps, like the Zapotec bat god, who conduct souls to the afterlife?
- ... that the extinct, Triassic, bivalve family Cassianellidae may have evolved from the family Bakevelliidae, which survived longer into the Eocene?