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This 62-Foot ‘Kraken’ Octopus Terrorized Cretaceous Seas

In a Science paper published today, scientists led by Shin Ikegami of Hokkaido University in Japan report identifying two species, Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi and N. haggarti, which were likely predatory...

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Unveiling the Cretaceous Kraken: Ancient Sea Monsters Resurrected

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Scientists just discovered a 60-foot-long, kraken-like octopus

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Scientists discover giant ‘kraken-like’ octopus existed millions of years ago

A kraken-like octopus that could grow to more than 18 metres long may have been one of the fiercest predators in the oceans, according to scientists.

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60-foot octopus ruled the seas during age of dinosaurs, fossils show

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62-foot ‘kraken-like’ octopus identified as ‘top-tier predator’ 100M years ago — with powerful, bone-crushing bite: scientists

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Giant ‘kraken-like’ octopuses ate dinosaurs

Researchers at Hokkaido University analysed fossilised jaw bones from two types of ancient octopus, finding that these soft-bodied creatures were anything but defenceless.

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Meet the 19-metre octopus that prowled the ancient seas

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Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous

Researchers find evidence for possibly the largest invertebrates — colossal octopuses

Fossil research shows that an enormous "kraken-like" octopus stalked the seas during the Cretaceous period, competing with large apex predators.

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Not massive sharks or snakes: This 62 feet tall 'kraken' octopus was the real terror of the dinosaur-era oceans

Fossilized jaw remains have revealed colossal "kraken-like" octopuses that lived alongside dinosaurs, potentially reaching 19 meters in length. These ancient invertebrates were apex predators in the Cretaceous seas,

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Largest ever octopus was top predator in dinosaur-era oceans

The 19-metre-long Nanaimoteuthis haggarti was a fearsome carnivore eating fish, crustaceans and many other sea creatures.

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Giant octopus fossil proves Kraken was real? Sea monster bigger than most dinosaurs lived 100 million years ago: Study

Giant octopus fossil: A new study published in Science reveals that giant octopus-like creatures up to 19 metres long lived as apex predators in the ancient oceans 100 million years ago. Fossilised beaks show they crushed bones and rivalled mosasaurs.