For years, this fossil seemed to tell a thrilling story. Here was an animal from more than 300 million years ago that appeared to look like an octopus, complete with what were described as arms, fins ...
A famous 300-million-year-old fossil, believed to be the remains of the oldest-known octopus, was revealed overnight to be an entirely different animal. Published 26 years ago, the original ...
For 25 years, a 300-million-year-old fossil from Illinois held an extraordinary distinction: the oldest octopus ever found, enshrined in the Guinness Book of Records and cited across decades of ...