This insect head, that researchers thought almost resembled the way aliens are portrayed, was so unusual it required the extinct insect to be placed in an entirely new scientific order. Even to an untrained eye, the 100-million-year-old insect that American entomologists are showing off this week looks a bit strange.

This insect head, that researchers thought almost resembled the way aliens are portrayed, was so unusual it required the extinct insect to be placed in an entirely new scientific order. Even to an untrained eye, the 100-million-year-old insect that American entomologists are showing off this week looks a bit strange.