Scientists discover the world’s oldest ‘octopus’ fossil is a different 300-million-year-old critter

More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world’s oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn’t one at ...

Ancient ocean mystery deepens as long-misidentified fossil is finally revealed by researchers

The world's oldest octopus fossil is no longer an octopus. A new study by researchers says the 300-million-year-old creature ...
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300-million-year-old sea creature mistaken for the world’s oldest octopus

For years, this fossil seemed to tell a thrilling story. Here was an animal from more than 300 million years ago that ...