Fossil named after Johnny Depp

An extinct insect is named after Johnny Depp because of his scissor-like hands from the movie Edward Scissorhands.

Kooteninchela deppi was a 505 million year old distant ancestor of lobsters and scorpions. The 'chela' in the name means claws or scissors in Latin.

the animal was about four centimetres long with millipede-like legs. It's lived in shallow seas off the coast of British Columbia in Canada.Its was most likely a hunter or scavenger because of it's claws.Its had large eyes made of many lenses like the compound eyes of a sly. They are on top of movable stalks called peduncles to help it search for good and look out for predators. The Kooteninchela deppi belongs to a group known as the 'great appendages' or megacheirans, which refer to the enlarged pincer-like frontal claws that they share.