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Giant, kraken-like octopuses may have ruled Cretaceous deep

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Paleontologists Discover 62-foot Kraken-like Octopus That Ruled the Cretaceous Ocean
A fossil beak from an ancient octopus has forced scientists to rethink who ruled the Cretaceous seas. Researchers say two extinct species of finned octopus may have grown to extraordinary sizes between 100 million and 72 million years ago.

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Giant, kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the Cretaceous deep
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Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous
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A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, ...
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This Bone-Crunching Octopus Was Nearly the Size of a Semitruck and May Have Feasted on Giant Reptiles 100 Million Years Ago

The massive invertebrates may have been top predators, according to an analysis of their fossilized jaws. The work suggests ...
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Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs

Some 80 million years ago, the late Cretaceous oceans were patrolled by 17-meter mosasaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs, and ...

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