Cretaceous Kraken: 62-Foot Octopus Rewrites Ocean Predator Rules
TL;DR
Fossil jaws from two extinct Nanaimoteuthis species suggest octopuses could reach about 62 feet, making them possibly the largest invertebrates and top predators in the Cretaceous seas, capable of hunting hard-shelled prey and reshaping the marine food web alongside mosasaurs.
- Scientists Have Just Discovered a 62-Foot Prehistoric Octopus, and It Might Have Hunted Dinosaurs The Daily Galaxy
- A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous NPR
- Fossil discovery reveals ‘hidden’ apex predator that rivaled marine reptiles 100 million years ago CNN
- Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous National Geographic
- 60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show CBS News
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