User:Abyssal/Prehistory of Africa/DYK/3
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- ... that iron smelting furnaces over 2500 years old have been found in Taruga, Nigeria?
- ... that the Itqiy meteorite fell near a hamlet in Western Sahara after which it is named?
- ... that Canadian paleontologist Scott D. Sampson hosted the four episode nature documentary series Dinosaur Planet for the Discovery Channel in 2003?
- ... that paleontologists have discovered the fossilized eggs of cephalopods, fishes, and reptiles, with some dinosaur eggs (pictured) being preserved with pathological shell deformities?
- ... that the recently described notosuchian crocodyliform Pakasuchus had molar-like teeth that were as complex as those of carnivorous mammals?