User:Abyssal/Prehistory of Antarctica/DYK/1

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... that the Antarctic Peninsula has experienced subduction for over 200 million years?

... that the extinct amphibian Cryobatrachus (restoration pictured) was discovered in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica?

... that during the 20th century, the first large-scale excavation of dinosaur footprints was undertaken in Texas for an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History?

...that fossil Thelodont fish (depiction pictured) surprised scientists by showing that stomachs evolved before jaws?

... that microbial mats increase our understanding of evolution by helping to preserve soft-bodied organisms and soft parts of hard-shelled animals?

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