'Perplexing' New Crab Species Sheds Light on Crustacean Evolution
Discover Magazine - Mon 29 Apr 19(Inside Science) -- A newfound fossil that scientists described as perplexing, beautiful and the platypus of the crab family is now shedding light on how its crustacean relatives evolved, a ...
Getting crabby with it: fossil throws crustacean evolution into disarray
Cosmos Magazine - Thu 25 Apr 19Cretaceous crab mixes and matches larval and adult traits. Nick Carne reports.
Scientists uncover ancient platypus crab
New Atlas - Thu 25 Apr 19An international team of scientists under Yale paleontologist Javier Luque has discovered a 95 million year-old "platypus crab" that may throw into question how you define a crab. Found ...
‘Rule-breaking’ crab fossils have weird shrimp and lobster features
Newscientist - Wed 24 Apr 19A newly-discovered type of crab from the Cretaceous period looks like it had the eyes of a larva, the mouth of a shrimp, and the carapace of a lobster
Meet Callichimaera perplexa, the platypus of crabs
Phys.org - Wed 24 Apr 19The crab family just got a bunch of new cousins—including a 95-million-year-old chimera species that will force scientists to rethink the definition of a crab.
Image of the Day: Crab Legs
The Scientist - Wed 1 May 19A crab new to scientists lived in the age of dinosaurs in Colombia and the USA.
Fossil Friday: newly-discovered Callichimaera perplexa is an adorable, weird crab
ZME Science - Fri 26 Apr 19How is it possible for something with those eyes to ever go extinct? How? Why?!
Newly discovered 'Chimera Crab' has larva eyes, shrimp mouth, and the upper shell of a lobster
Daily Mail - Thu 25 Apr 19Even studied researchers couldn't help but remark at the physical characteristics of a new type of crustacean that they say 'breaks all the rules.' It's dubbed the
Weird prehistoric creature was 'strangest crab that ever lived,' with a 'hodgepodge of body parts'
USA today - Thu 25 Apr 19Crabs are already among the freakiest-looking animals we encounter, so it's no surprise their ancestors were bizarre, too.        
Scientists Discover ‘Strangest Crab That Ever Lived’
Geek.com - Thu 25 Apr 19Researchers have discovered new branches of the crab family tree, including a 95-million-year-old species that’s being called the “strangest crab that has ever lived” and is ...
'Utterly bizarre' chimera crab fossil discovered: 'Makes you wonder 'what else is out there'
FOXNews - Thu 25 Apr 19Paleontologists have unearthed the fossil of an ancient crab that lived between 90 and 95 million years ago and is so "utterly bizarre" it literally perplexed the researchers.
Bizarre 'chimera' fossil reveals platypus of the crab world - CNET
CNET Cutting Edge - Wed 24 Apr 19Meet the oldest known swimming crab from the dinosaur era. It's totally weird.
Photos: Ancient Crab is the Strangest You've Ever Seen
Livescience - Wed 24 Apr 19Here's the strangest crab you may ever lay eyes on.
'Beautiful Nightmare' Crab Sported Lobster Shell, Shrimp Mouth and Soccer Ball Eyes
Livescience - Wed 24 Apr 19An ancient crab that lived during the dinosaur age was so strange, paleontologists are calling it the platypus of the crab world.
Dinosaur-era crab fossil reveals new branch in the tree of life
UPI - Thu 25 Apr 19Researchers have discovered an unusual new crab species, Callichimaera perplexa, in both Columbia and Wyoming.
Fossil crab reveals a new branch in the tree of life
Science Blog - Thu 25 Apr 19A new fossil from the dinosaur era challenges the understanding of evolution. In a paper published in Science Advances, an international team, including researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical ...
Fossil crab reveals a new branch in the tree of life, Eurekalert - Wed 24 Apr 19