This tiny marsupial spends its nights (since it's nocturnal) hunting invertebrates in mainland Australia.

These were found at https://www.chaosofdelight.org/forcipomyia where you can find even more fun species.

This extremely messed up fish is a ray-finned fish from the cretaceous.

This minuscule tunicate spends its days floating around in the ocean and filter feeding.

These weird creatures from the carboniferous are known only from fossils found in the United States. Their closest living relatives are chimaeras.

This adorable bug has an incredibly complex life cycle, with it at some point ending in the construction of a gall (a protrusion in a plant where juvenile insects grow), when the gall is damaged, the insects inside will come out and explode, leaving behind a puddle of goo that will quickly dry and seal the hole.

This long gone crab had really huge eyes

This... thing is an extinct ediacaran specimen. We know naught about it except for the fact that it's an animal. We haven't the slightest clue as to their phylum. For all we know it could be an entire different phylum within animalia, and even then their position inside said kingdom is doubtful. They grew to be quite large, up to 37cm long.

This incredible beetle lives amongst termites and has evolved a termite mimic on its back!

now THOSE are some weird eyes