- ... that the Stonerose fossil site (fossil Florissantia quilchenensis pictured) contains the earliest known records of Rosaceae, the rose family?
- ... that the extinct lacewing Ainigmapsychops takes part of its name from the Greek word for enigma?
- ... that the extinct species Trochodendron drachuckii is known from a single Eocene fossil found near Cache Creek, British Columbia?
- ... that Algeripithecus, a 46–50 million year old fossil primate, was once crucial for the African origins of simians (monkeys and apes), but now suggests African origins for lemurs and lorisoids?
- ... that the fossil maple species Acer kenaicum was suggested to be an ancestor of silver maples?