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Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest invertebrates ever.
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Paleontologists discover 62-foot kraken-like octopus that ruled the Cretaceous ocean
Researchers described two extinct finned octopus species from Cretaceous-era fossils, evidence that giant invertebrates ...
Unlike most of its invertebrate peers, octopuses gave up protective shells... But it seems that the sacrifice was totally worth it.
The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule prehistoric seas.
These sea creatures may have been some of the fiercest predators ...
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New discovery suggests existence of 60-foot, kraken-like octopus
"It challenges the common view of an 'age of vertebrates' in marine ecosystems." ...
New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep. During the age of dinosaurs, new ...
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