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60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus.

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Giant, 60-foot octopuses were apex predators 100 million years ago, fossil discovery shows

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Giant Octopus Fossil Ranks Among Largest Invertebrates Ever Discovered, Scientists Say

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A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

NEW YORK (AP) — The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus.

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‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas

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Giant, kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the Cretaceous deep

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Contender, one of the largest Great White sharks, spotted near Outer Banks

Contender pinged again just before 5 a.m. Thursday morning.

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Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous

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Giant, Kraken-Like Octopuses Once Stalked Their Prey in Cretaceous Seas

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Oldest octopus fossil found to not be an octopus

Pohlsepia mazonensis, a visually underwhelming fossil from Illinois, fundamentally broke our understanding of cephalopod evolution. Described in 2000 and hailed as the oldest known octopus in the fossil record, the specimen dated back to the late ...

Science Daily

The world’s “oldest octopus” was never an octopus

A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth showing it was actually related to a nautilus, not an octopus. The confusion came from decay that altered its shape before ...