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Ars Technica News 12h ago

Oldest octopus fossil found to not be an octopus https://arstechni.ca/LKTe #Science #fossils #octopus

Oldest octopus fossil found to not be an octopus

Supposed “first octopus” was something else entirely.

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Alberta Palaeo Society 18h ago

This week’s Fossil Friday is a pair of enamelled gar scales. Gars are ray-finned fish whose bodies are covered in tough, often shiny scales; the enamelled surface helps protect them and gives many specimens a distinctive look in the field and in collections.

These scales were collected from Red Rock Coulee in 2006 by Hope Johnson. They are catalogued as APS2006.050.

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Headlines Africa 21h ago

Africa: Embryo Fossil Found in South Africa Is World's Oldest Proof That Mammal Ancestors Laid Eggs: [The Conversation Africa] Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, based on fossils from South Africa. Since then, many more fossils have been discovered. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRym8t #Africa #Fossils #Paleontology #Therapsids #MammalEvolution

Global Museum 1d ago

Museum display found to be entirely new species after 26 years: 'Difficult to decipher'.
A famous 300-million-year-old fossil, believed to be the remains of the oldest-known octopus, was revealed overnight to be an entirely different animal.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/museum-display-found-to-be-entirely-new-species-after-26-years-difficult-to-decipher-013228174.html
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Geocollection.net 1d ago

Discoscaphites sp. South Dakota 🇺🇸 #ammonites #geocollectionstore #fossili #fossils #ammoniti

Henning 1d ago

Mmh, fish head chips - my favourite. ⚒️ #fossils

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KillBait News 2d ago

Fossils from China reveal ancient animals predating the Cambrian explosion

📰 Original title: Scientists found a “lost world” of animals that shouldn’t exist yet

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Fossils from China reveal ancient animals predating the Cambrian explosion

A groundbreaking discovery in southwest China has revealed fossils from over 540 million years ago, offering new insights into the origins of complex animal life. Researchers from Oxford University…

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KillBait 2d ago

Fossils from China reveal ancient animals predating the Cambrian explosion

📰 Original title: Scientists found a “lost world” of animals that shouldn’t exist yet

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/fossils-from-china-reveal-ancient-animals-predating-the-cambrian-explosion/?redirpost=3054c556-5f00-4ac8-aa46-dc7628c480e1

#science #fossils #evolution #paleontology

Fossils from China reveal ancient animals predating the Cambrian explosion

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Greg Johnston 2d ago

Found some fossils while road-tripping, they're literally scattered around the town of Republic, WA. Some sort of flora, they're from the Eocene Okanogan Highlands formation, from an ancient lake bed, 50 million years ago. Link with more info in replies. #Fossils #AltText

AusSMC 3d ago

🐙 Pohlsepia mazonensis, a famous 300-million-year-old fossil long thought to be the world's oldest octopus – even featuring in the Guinness Book of Records – isn't an octopus at all

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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/the-worlds-oldest-octopus-fossil-isnt-actually-an-octopus

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