Global Museum52m ago
Massive kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the seas 100 million years ago.
New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. They boasted eight arms and long bodies that extended more than 60 feet (18 metres), rivaling other carnivorous marine reptiles
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/a-massive-kraken-like-octopus-may-have-prowled-the-seas-during-the-age-of-dinosaurs/ #globalmuseum #octopus #paleontology
KillBait News13h ago

Exceptional Fossils Preserved in Iron-Rich Sediments at McGraths Flat, Australia

📰 Original title: Scientists find perfect fossils in rust beneath Australian farmland

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#science #fossils #paleontology #australia

Exceptional Fossils Preserved in Iron-Rich Sediments at McGraths Flat, Australia

Researchers have uncovered an extraordinary fossil site beneath the farmland of New South Wales, Australia, called McGraths Flat. Dating from 11 to 16 million years ago during the Miocene epoch…

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KillBait13h ago

Exceptional Fossils Preserved in Iron-Rich Sediments at McGraths Flat, Australia

📰 Original title: Scientists find perfect fossils in rust beneath Australian farmland

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

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#science #fossils #paleontology #australia

Exceptional Fossils Preserved in Iron-Rich Sediments at McGraths Flat, Australia

Researchers have uncovered an extraordinary fossil site beneath the farmland of New South Wales, Australia, called McGraths Flat. Dating from 11 to 16 million years ago during the Miocene epoch…

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Jack C.M14h ago
Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas. Via @bbc #MarineBiology 🌊 🐙 #paleontology

Meet the 19 metre octopus that...
Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas

Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago, according to fossil evidence.

Marcus Brandel19h ago

#lostbones #FossilFriday 🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃Today’s fossil comes from along the Minnesota river near Granite Falls, Minnesota: a possible Cretaceous age Inoceramus (or Platyceramus)—the giant clam. Housed at the Yellow Medicine County Historical Society & Museum.

If you’d like to explore more, check out these links:

The Museum: www.co.ym.mn.gov/county-museums

Cretaceous Minnesota: https://substack.com/home/post/p-194648239
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#MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience #YellowMedicineCounty #CitizenScience #NotAI

Alberta Palaeo Society20h ago

This week’s Fossil Friday is a vertebral centrum from a Late Cretaceous crocodile. The centrum is the main body of a vertebra.

This specimen was found by Judith Aldama in Montana and is catalogued as APS 2013.11.

#palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #fossilfriday #crocodile #alberta

George the Gorilla1d ago

A chimpanzee skeleton on display in our upcoming new gallery, visible behind the antler tines of a giant Irish deer.

#NottNatHist #Museum #Nature #Megaloceros #chimpanzee #bones #deer #paleontology

🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇨🇦1d ago

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"The evolving science of dinosaurs"

#Education #Dinosaurs #School #News #Science #Paleontology

https://www.newscientist.com/video/2524281-the-evolving-science-of-dinosaurs/

The evolving science of dinosaurs

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for over 165 million years and even now, we’re still uncovering new secrets about these extraordinary animals

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Holly1d ago

‘Mummified’ Fossil Shows 289 Million-yo Skin, Scales, Proteins, and Earliest Known Lung Function

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mummified-fossil-shows-289-million-yo-skin-scales-proteins-and-earliest-known-lung-function/

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'Mummified' Fossil Shows 289 Million-yo Skin, Scales, Proteins, and Earliest Known Lung Function

Oil seep hydrocarbons and oxygen-free mud protected not only bones but also delicate tissues such as skin and cartilage.

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Flipboard Science Desk1d ago

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

From @AssociatedPress: "Researchers studied the jaws of 15 ancient octopus fossils that were previously found in Japan and Canada’s Vancouver Island."

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#Dinosaurs #Octopus #Paleontology #Science

Kraken-like octopuses may have been top predators during the Cretaceous

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus. New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. Their bodies extended more than 60 feet, rivaling other carnivorous marine reptiles. It's difficult for scientists studying ancient octopuses to figure out exactly how big they got because their soft bodies don’t preserve well. In a new study, researchers used fossil jaws to estimate the creatures' size and what they might have eaten. The findings were published Thursday in the journal Science.

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