60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show
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The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus. New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. They boasted eight arms and long bodies that extended more than 60 feet, rivaling other carnivorous marine reptiles. "These krakens must have been a fearsome sight to behold," University of Alabama paleontologist Adiel Klompmaker said in an email. He had no role
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