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minus-squarerizzothesmall@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·edit-22 months agoFrom the middle Jurassic around 164 million years ago, putting it smack in the middle of the age of dinosaurs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteroctopus
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·edit-22 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohlsepia https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1475-4983.00155
minus-squarerizzothesmall@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months agoThat’s not what is in the image you posted which is a protoceroctopus. Your link also states Although it was originally identified as an extinct cephalopod,[1] later studies denied that interpretation.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·2 months agoYeah! I was reading it, really interesting creature. Was hoping other people could comment more on it.
From the middle Jurassic around 164 million years ago, putting it smack in the middle of the age of dinosaurs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteroctopus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohlsepia
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1475-4983.00155
That’s not what is in the image you posted which is a protoceroctopus. Your link also states
Yeah! I was reading it, really interesting creature. Was hoping other people could comment more on it.