Researchers in Wyoming, U.S., have uncovered two rare fossils of a Jurassic squid-like species that lived about 160 million years ago. The species, called Wyoteuthis linsterorum, is an ancient cephalopod known as a belemnite and is related to today's squid and octopus.
Researchers in Wyoming, U.S., have uncovered two rare fossils of a Jurassic squid-like species that lived about 160 million years ago.
The species, called Wyoteuthis linsterorum, is an ancient cephalopod known as a belemnite and is related to today's squid and octopus.
Its thick, barrel-shaped skeleton makes it the largest belemnite […]
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Researchers in Wyoming, U.S., have uncovered two rare fossils of a Jurassic squid-like species that lived about 160 million years ago. The species, called Wyoteuthis linsterorum, is an ancient cephalopod known as a belemnite and is related to today's squid and octopus. Its thick, barrel-shaped skeleton makes it the largest belemnite […]
Its thick, barrel-shaped skeleton makes it the largest belemnite […]
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