By James Pero For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:20 BST, 25 April 2019 | Updated: 21:30 BST, 25 April 2019
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Even studied researchers couldn't help but remark at the physical characteristics of a new type of crustacean that they say 'breaks all the rules.'
It's dubbed the Callichimaera perplexa (perplexing beautiful chimera) after the mythological Greek monster that breathes fire and has a body of a snake, a head of a lion, and tail of a goat.
'We started looking at these fossils and we found [the specimen] had what looked like the eyes of a larva, the mouth of a shrimp, claws of a frog crab, and the carapace of a lobster,' said Javier Luque, lead author of the study from University of Alberta.
An ancient sea creatures is being called the platypus of crustaceans for its vary physical attributes.
According to researchers, a newly identified fossil reveals a surprising creature.
The 'Chimera crab' has the 'eyes of a larva, the mouth of a shrimp, claws of a frog crab, and the body of a lobster.'
It likely lived in shallow water and instead of crawling like the crabs we
