I recently had someone mention to me that there is a 5 foot cephalopod fossil exposed near where I live in northern Ontario. I was pretty shocked by this. Almost as shocking is there is very little interest in them. The person who showed me them also showed me a photo from 2010 when they were in much better condition. Apparently a university did look at them in 1990 so they have been exposed for close to 30 years at least and likely more. I wish I could have seen them when they were in tact but it was still pretty exciting to see them in their current condition.
In the past I've kept both dwarf cuttlefish and octopus so cephalopods have always been of interest to me. I don't know that much about the prehistoric ones but these could grow to 11 feet and lived some 475 million years ago and predate fish.
larger incomplete one this one would have been 10+ feet
what the "complete" one looked like as recently as 2010
In the past I've kept both dwarf cuttlefish and octopus so cephalopods have always been of interest to me. I don't know that much about the prehistoric ones but these could grow to 11 feet and lived some 475 million years ago and predate fish.
larger incomplete one this one would have been 10+ feet
what the "complete" one looked like as recently as 2010
