300-Million-Year ‘World’s Oldest Octopus’ Fossil Exposed as Nautilus Cousin

A fossil once believed to show the world’s oldest imprint of an octopus – some 300 million years old – is actually another ...

This 300-million-year-old ‘octopus’ just lost its identity - scientists say it was never an octopus

For over two decades, the 300-million-year-old fossil Pohlsepia mazonensis was celebrated as the world’s oldest octopus ...
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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 ...
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300-million-year-old fossil known as the world's 'oldest octopus' was not an octopus after all

Scientists uncover the truth behind a well-known fossil, Pohlsepia mazonensis, showing the "world's oldest octopus" was not ...