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... that fossils from the Paleocene-age Cerrejón Formation (El Cerrejón Mine) in Colombia are the earliest record of Neotropical rainforests?
... that the extinct maple section Torada is only known from the three Eocene species A. stonebergae, A. toradense, and A. washingtonense?
... that the extinct brown lacewing Cretomerobius is known from both the Cretaceous and Eocene?
... that Plesiopithecus, a fossil primate from the late Eocene in Egypt, closely resembles the aye-aye of Madagascar and raises questions about the evolutionary history of lemurs?
... that the extinct North American Oligocene-age vulture Phasmagyps may be the oldest New World vulture?