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Fossils Reveal Cephalopods May Be 30 Million Years Older Than We Thought – ScienceAlert
The class of marine animals known as cephalopoda – which today includes squids, octopuses, and cuttlefishes – could have been around on Earth 30 million years earlier…
The class of marine animals known as cephalopoda which today includes squids, octopuses, and cuttlefishes could have been around on Earth 30 million years earlier than previously thought, according to new research.
What’s more, if we do need to reset the timings on the appearance of cephalopods, then the whole evolutionary history of invertebrate organisms might need re-examining, given the importance of these creatures in the overall picture of life on the planet.
Key to the new research is the…
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