Bizarre Fossil Turns Out to Be a 24-Legged Insect Science Somehow Missed - ScienceAlert

Scientists have identified two previously unrecognized species of large stick insects in Australia, revealing that even in some of the country's most closely studied environments, new species are still waiting to be found. A University of Sydney research team reexamined Australian members of the stick insect genus Anchiale and discovered two new species. One produces unusual eggs with a distinctive lidlike structure. The researchers also restored a third species that had gone unrecognized for decades.

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