Tag: cephalopod
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Video for ESCONI November 2025 Paleontology Study Group Meeting – “Gonioceras: A Most Unusual Cephalopod”
The November 2025 Paleontology Study Group Meeting was held on November 15th, 2025 via Zoom. John Catalani presented “Gonioceras: A Most Unusual Cephalopod”. The diversity of nautiloid shell shapes in the Upper Ordovician of central Laurentia is remarkable. However, one shape is often missing from lists of shell shapes and that is the so-called “flat-fish”…
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Human-size ammonites swam the Atlantic Ocean 80 million years ago
LiveScience has a story about some truly large ammonites. About 80 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period, six foot ammonites lived in the Atlantic Ocean. A new study published in the journal PLOS One looked at the evolutionary history of these massive cephalopods. They looked at 154 specimens (!), including 100 newly found specimens…
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Smithsonian: Pterosaur Tooth Found in Rare Ancient Squid Fossil
Smithsonian.com has a story about a unique fossil find. About 150 million years ago, there was a hungry pterosaur looking for a meal. It saw an appetizing cephalopod and went for it. Unfortunately, we don’t know if it ate that day, but we do know that this particular bit of calamari got away. The fossil…
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Happy Cephalopod Week 2019!
The last week in June is Cephalopod week! Wow, who knew?!? Check out these links to learn more about these fascinating animals!
