claim: Alan Shepard was Chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1968 to July 1969.
evidence: Leptoconops amplificatus is an extinct species of biting midge belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae .. Ceratopogonidae. Ceratopogonidae. Leptoconops. Leptoconops. midge. midge. This species was described from fossilized remains preserved in Lower Cretaceous amber from Lebanon .. fossilized. Fossil. Lower Cretaceous. Lower Cretaceous. amber. amber. Lebanon. Lebanon. The species name amplificatus -LRB- enlarged , extended -RRB- was given in reference to the presence of 13 flagellomeres in the female antennae .. flagellomeres. flagellomeres. L. amplificatus is the only species of Ceratopogonidae to posess this many antennal flagellomeres as well as an elongate , slender cercus .. Ceratopogonidae. Ceratopogonidae. flagellomeres. flagellomeres. cercus. cercus. Another species of Leptoconops discovered in the same piece of amber , Leptoconops antiquus , also possesses 13 flagellomeres , but is differentiated by a basally broadened cercus .. Leptoconops. Leptoconops. amber. amber. flagellomeres. flagellomeres. cercus. cercus. Leptoconops antiquus. Leptoconops antiquus