60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous

The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule ...

Giant, 60-foot octopuses were apex predators 100 million years ago, fossil discovery shows

Rare fossil finds show colossal octopuses were among the top ocean predators during the Cretaceous Period, according to a new ...

62-foot ‘kraken-like’ octopus identified as ‘top-tier predator’ 100M years ago — with powerful, bone-crushing bite: scientists

It was more than it was Kraken-ed up to be. An octopus the size of the Hollywood Sign might seem like a monster from Greek ...

'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean

A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators ...
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This 21-Foot Predator Was Discovered in Antarctica, and It Changed What We Know About Dinosaurs

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cryolophosaurus is one of the most fascinating dinosaur discoveries ever made, not just because of its size, but because of where ...
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Fossils reveal 62-foot octopus as Cretaceous apex predator

Scientists have identified two species of giant finned octopuses from the Late Cretaceous, with one reaching up to 62 feet, rivaling the size of marine reptiles. Fossilized jaws found in Japan and ...
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This 21-Foot Predator Was Discovered in Antarctica, and It Changed What We Know About Dinosaurs

Cryolophosaurus is one of the most fascinating dinosaur discoveries ever made, not just because of its size, but because of where it was found. This roughly 20 to 23-foot-long carnivorous dinosaur ...