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World's oldest octopus fossil isn't an octopus

‘World’s oldest octopus’ fossil isn’t an octopus after all

The mystery of a controversial fossil, once believed to be the oldest known octopus, has finally been resolved. First described in the early 2000s, Pohlsepia mazonensis was initia

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This fossil once rewrote everything we knew about octopuses. Turns out, it's not an octopus at all

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Scientists Say the World's Oldest Octopus Fossil Isn't an Octopus After All

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World’s oldest octopus fossil from Guinness World Records was misidentified — here's what it really is

Learn how a 300-million-year-old fossil once thought to be the oldest octopus was reidentified after hidden teeth were ...

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'Oldest octopus' fossil is no octopus at all, scans reveal

A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of ...

Fossils from China show complex life evolved millions of years earlier than once thought

Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them ...

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Crocodile resembling a greyhound dog lived on Earth roughly 215 million years ago

Scientists in England have discovered a strange 215-million-year-old “greyhound crocodile” named Galahadosuchus jonesi.

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Pterosaur fossil discovered in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park fills gap in record

Tucked away in a remote bonebed in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park laid hundreds of fossils, including a fragile jawbone belonging to one of the oldest-known flying reptiles: the pterosaur.

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