#cephalopods — Public Fediverse posts

🦑 NEW: A #fossil found in #Wyoming three decades ago is now identified as a new #belemnite species, "Wyoteuthis linsterorum", a 160-million-year-old relative of #squid and #octopus.

Its internal shell was unusually wide, suggesting a body nearly 60 cm long, and it belongs to a family thought long extinct. CT scanning of two specimens showed the #animal hunted smaller #cephalopods and possibly its own kind.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/chunky-jurassic-squid-fossil-wyoming/

#paleontology #jurassic #science #nature #evolution #prehistoric #museum

🦑 NEW: A #fossil found in #Wyoming three decades ago is now identified as a new #belemnite species, "Wyoteuthis linsterorum", a 160-million-year-old relative of #squid and #octopus.

Its internal shell was unusually wide, suggesting a body nearly 60 cm long, and it belongs to a family thought long extinct. CT scanning of two specimens showed the #animal hunted smaller #cephalopods and possibly its own kind.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/chunky-jurassic-squid-fossil-wyoming/

#paleontology #jurassic #science #nature #evolution #prehistoric #museum

🦑 NEW: A #fossil found in #Wyoming three decades ago is now identified as a new #belemnite species, "Wyoteuthis linsterorum", a 160-million-year-old relative of #squid and #octopus.

Its internal shell was unusually wide, suggesting a body nearly 60 cm long, and it belongs to a family thought long extinct. CT scanning of two specimens showed the #animal hunted smaller #cephalopods and possibly its own kind.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/chunky-jurassic-squid-fossil-wyoming/

#paleontology #jurassic #science #nature #evolution #prehistoric #museum

🦑 NEW: A #fossil found in #Wyoming three decades ago is now identified as a new #belemnite species, "Wyoteuthis linsterorum", a 160-million-year-old relative of #squid and #octopus.

Its internal shell was unusually wide, suggesting a body nearly 60 cm long, and it belongs to a family thought long extinct. CT scanning of two specimens showed the #animal hunted smaller #cephalopods and possibly its own kind.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/chunky-jurassic-squid-fossil-wyoming/

#paleontology #jurassic #science #nature #evolution #prehistoric #museum

🦑 NEW: A #fossil found in #Wyoming three decades ago is now identified as a new #belemnite species, "Wyoteuthis linsterorum", a 160-million-year-old relative of #squid and #octopus.

Its internal shell was unusually wide, suggesting a body nearly 60 cm long, and it belongs to a family thought long extinct. CT scanning of two specimens showed the #animal hunted smaller #cephalopods and possibly its own kind.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/chunky-jurassic-squid-fossil-wyoming/

#paleontology #jurassic #science #nature #evolution #prehistoric #museum

Ancient fossil sperm #whale may have been active predator https://phys.org/news/2025-05-ancient-patagonian-fossil-sperm-whale.html

Awakening #Patagonia's sleeping #SpermWhale: a new description of the Early #Miocene Idiorophus patagonicus. By Florencia Paolucci et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70007

"Its snout features point to a lifestyle quite different from modern sperm #whales. It was likely an active predator of large #fish and possibly #seabirds, while extant #SpermWhales feed mostly on #cephalopods or small fish through suction feeding"