#cretaceousperiod — Public Fediverse posts
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Ancient Oceans Teemed With Whale-Sized Octopuses
Fossils show huge octopus-like creatures, up to 62 feet long, lived 72 million years ago. They were bigger than modern octopuses and hunted large sea animals.
#AncientOctopus, #FossilDiscovery, #CretaceousPeriod, #MarineLife, #PrehistoricAnimals
https://newsletter.tf/giant-62-foot-octopuses-ancient-seas-72-million-years-ago/
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Ancient octopuses found were as big as sperm whales, much larger than today's octopuses. This discovery shows how big sea life used to be.
#AncientOctopus, #FossilDiscovery, #CretaceousPeriod, #MarineLife, #PrehistoricAnimals
https://newsletter.tf/giant-62-foot-octopuses-ancient-seas-72-million-years-ago/ -
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Tracks in South Africa Shed Light on Cretaceous Life
📰 Original title: Stunning 132 million-year-old dinosaur tracks are rewriting history
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
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New Spinosaurus Fossil Sparks Debate on Ancient Predator's Lifestyle
New Spinosaurus fossil found with head crest. Scientists debate if it hunted like a wading bird or crocodile. Learn how this changes views on ancient life.
#Spinosaurus, #DinosaurFossil, #Paleontology, #AncientLife, #CretaceousPeriod
https://newsletter.tf/spinosaurus-fossil-ancient-predator-lifestyle-debate/
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A new Spinosaurus fossil shows a strange head crest, making scientists think it hunted like a bird, not a crocodile. This changes what we thought about dinosaurs 95 million years ago.
#Spinosaurus, #DinosaurFossil, #Paleontology, #AncientLife, #CretaceousPeriod
https://newsletter.tf/spinosaurus-fossil-ancient-predator-lifestyle-debate/