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‘World’s oldest octopus’ fossil isn’t an octopus after all

The mystery of a controversial fossil, once believed to be the oldest known octopus, has finally been resolved. First ...
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World’s Oldest Octopus Fossil From Guinness World Records Was Misidentified — Here's What It Really Is

Learn how a 300-million-year-old fossil once thought to be the oldest octopus was reidentified after hidden teeth were ...
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300-million-year-old sea creature mistaken for the world’s oldest octopus

For years, this fossil seemed to tell a thrilling story. Here was an animal from more than 300 million years ago that ...

World's Oldest Known 'Octopus' Turns Out to Be An Entirely Different Animal

The famous 300-million-year-old Pohlsepia mazonensis, discovered in 2000 and later lauded in the Guinness Book of World ...

This 300-million-year-old ‘octopus’ just lost its identity - scientists say it was never an octopus

For over two decades, the 300-million-year-old fossil Pohlsepia mazonensis was celebrated as the world’s oldest octopus ...