#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

@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce @FediThing @nzlemming @emilymbender

100% agree. #GenAISlop machines are designed for #outsourcing brain functions. Not only are we guaranteed of becoming ever more stupid, but we’ll pay for the privilege. we could learn a thing or two from #cephalopods .

#StopTheGenAIMadnessNow

Apologies for budding-in. LLM GenAI is in the new again along with its #KoolAid served to our #PoliticalClass. I’ll shut up now and get back in my box.

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Paleontologist Peter Ward shows how fossil beds at Lyme Regis, #England record #cephalopods flourishing after the #Triassic extinction wiped out #fish. 🦑

Today, with overfishing removing #sharks and warming #oceans slowing currents, #octopus, #squid, and #cuttlefish are booming again – a 400% increase since the 1960s. 📈

👉 https://nautil.us/the-cephalopods-are-coming-1281395

#climate #climatechange #paleontology #fossils #ammonites #marinebiology #lymeregis #ocean #evolution #jurassic