Aliens are one of the most fascinating concepts, with many movies portraying the extraterrestrial. While many theories exists to support and disprove the existence of aliens, this new alien-like insect identified, is increasing the curiosity.
Dr. George Poinar, professor of entomology at Oregon State University (OSU), is heading the team of researches and he detailed on this newly found organism. The fossil remains of this insect reveals that, it had lived during the mid-Cretaceous age and is now extinct. The insect had a triangular head and a skinny body with an elongated neck. It also had enlarged eyes that altogether resembled an alien.
Researches remarked that this is one of the rarest species ever seen in their lifetime and that it could not fit into any of the existing 31 orders. This insect has been burmanicus. The research team said the after long discussions and in-depth research, they had no other choice rather than creating a new order for the creature. They also exclaimed that all the several million insects known so far, fit into anyone of the 31 pre-existing orders.
The features of this insect were so peculiar that they couldn’t find even a single mutual characteristic between burmanicus and the pre-existing orders. The name was derived from its origin of existence, Burma where it is supposed to have lived some 100 million years ago.
The excerpts from the journal that was published in the Cretaceous Research is as follows:
“An exotic wingless female insect in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber is described as Aethiocarenus burmanicus sp. et gen. nov. in the order Aethiocarenodea ord. nov. and family Aethiocarenidae fam. nov. The distinguishing feature of Aethiocarenus burmanicus sp. et gen. nov. is its unique head, the dorsum of which is shaped like an isosceles right triangle with the hypotenuse at the top and vertex positioned at the base of the neck. While insects with triangular-shaped heads are common today, the hypotenuse of the triangle is always located at the base of the head and attached to the neck, with the vertex at the apex of the head.”
