New Catfish Species Discovered
Dr. John Lundberg of The Academy of Natural Sciences and a team of
researchers from Mexico and the U.S. have discovered a new, rarely seen
species of catfish representing an entirely new taxonomic family.
The rare find marks only the third new family of fish found in the last 60 years. It is the 37th family of catfishes, a diverse group of fish found around the world and prominent in commercial industry.
the Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo, New Species Found in Indonesia
The expedition found a new large mammal for Indonesia – the Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus), formerly known from only a single mountain in neighboring Papua New Guinea.
Two New Primate Species Discovered
Callicebus bernhardi
Callicebus bernhardi
Two new primates—house-cat-size, exotically sideburned Titi monkeys of the genus Callicebus—have been discovered in the vast rain forests of Central and South Central Amazonia.
Ancient, Legless Crab Discovered
A fossil of a new crab species reveals the itsy-bitsy crustaceans inhabited towering sponge reefs during the Jurassic Period, where they made tasty snacks for ichthyosaurs and other ancient reptiles.
The fossil was discovered in eastern Romania within cylindrical reef structures about 100 feet (30 meters) across and just as tall, which were once blanketed by deep ocean. It represents a new species within the oldest lineage of true crabs that lived 150 million years ago when dinosaurs walked the Earth.
Another new species of Jurassic crab, Prosopon, was discovered in the Ernstbrunn Quarries, Austria. Its head is at the top of the image, and its eyes would be on either side of the rostrum, or the beaklike structure. Credit: Carrie Schweitzer/Kent State University