Scientists uncover ancient platypus crab

An 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 in rock formations in Colombia and the United States dating back to the mid-Cretaceous period 90 to 95 million years ago, the tiny swimming crab with the scientific name of Callichimaera perplexa shows larval features that produce new insights on evolution.

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Category: Biology

Tags:

• Crabs
• Evolution
• Paleontology
• Yale

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2vnOvs8