สถาบันสำรวจสายพันธุ์สัตว์ระหว่างประเทศเผยรายชื่อสุดยอดสัตว์สายพันธุ์ใหม่ 10 ชนิด จากกว่า 18,000 สายพันธุ์ที่ค้นพบในปีที่ผ่านมา
สุดยอดสัตว์สายพันธุ์ใหม่ประจำปี 2015

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This new dinosaur, dubbed the “chicken from Hell,” was a contemporary of the more famous T. rex. Three well-preserved partial Anzu wyliei skeletons were discovered in North and South Dakota, in the Hell Creek Formation. The bird-like dinosaur stood 1.5 meters high, was 3.5 meters from beak to tail, and weighed as much as 300 kilos. (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

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These peculiar tubers of the Balanophora coralliformis give this root parasite from the Philippines a coral-like appearance. The plant, which draws its nutrition from other living plants, is found only on the southwestern slopes of Mt. Mingan. (P.B. Pelser & J.F. Barcelona)

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The agile Cebrennus rechenbergi uses its gymnastic talents in the Moroccan desert to cartwheel out of danger. The spider’s behavior inspired a robot that can walk or roll in a similar way. (Ingo Rechenbert, Technical University Berlin)

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These multicellular animals, Dendrogramma enigmatica and D. discoides, are found on the sea bottom off Australia’s southeast coast. They resemble fossils from Precambrian time, the beginning of life on the planet. (Jorgen Olsen)