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Cephalopods: Older than was thought? Fossil find from Canada could rewrite the evolutionary history of invertebrate organisms – Science Daily

Earth scientists have discovered possibly the oldest cephalopods in Earth’s history. The 522 million-year-old fossils from Newfoundland (Canada) could turn out…

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The possibly oldest cephalopods in the earth’s history stem from the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland (Canada). They were discovered by earth scientists from Heidelberg University. The 522 million-year-old fossils could turn out to be the first known form of these highly evolved invertebrate organisms, whose living descendants today include species such as the cuttlefish, octopus and nautilus. In that case, the find would indicate that the cephalopods evolved about 30 million years earlier than…

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