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![Skeletal mount of Ceratosaurus nasicornis](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Kelvingrove_Art_Gallery_Ceratosaurus.jpg/640px-Kelvingrove_Art_Gallery_Ceratosaurus.jpg)
- ... that major discoveries in the history of ceratosaur research include horned predators like Ceratosaurus (pictured), Majungasaurus, and Carnotaurus, as well as a bonebed of the projecting-toothed Masiakasaurus?
- ... that the discovery of the extinct golden silk orb-weaver species Nephila jurassica extended the fossil record of the genus by 130 million years?
- ... that shartegosuchid crocodyliforms made up an endemic Central Asian Mesozoic fauna that existed after the breakup of Pangaea?
- ... that Ambondro, which lived in Madagascar about 167 million years ago, is the oldest known mammal with modern, tribosphenic molars?
- ... that the shell of the extinct sea urchin Pelanechinus corallina was composed of separate groups of fused plates which resulted in its being flexible?