Alaskiella medfraensis (from Frýda & Blodgett, 1998) No-one successfully identified this one. I guess Palaeozoic gastropods just don't have the same following as other animals. Alaskiella medfraensis is a member of the Porcellioidea, a superfamily...

False colour SEM image of two tardigrades, from here. If you're a long-time reader of this site, you're probably already aware of the existence of tardigrades or water bears, microscopic stumpy-legged invertebrates. Previous posts on Tardigrada have...

A quick reminder that no-one has yet made a guess for Name the Bug #6. So a couple of hints: (1) Devonian (2) Aydin's comment that the animal is sinistral is incorrect, or at least not entirely correct.     (2a) Take a close look at the...

(Attribution to follow) It may be a couple of days before I identify this one (assuming that it doesn't follow the usual pattern and have someone successfully identify it within a matter of minutes). I'm not entirely sure of the actual size of the...

Anomalurus pelii auzembergeri (photo from here) The "scaly-tailed squirrels" of the family Anomaluridae are seven species in three genera of arboreal rodents found in western and central Africa. Like pretty much everything from western and central...