Scientists Baffled After World Guinness ‘Oldest’ Octopus Turns Out To Not Be An Octopus At All

A 300-million-year-old fossil that earned a Guiness World Record in 2015 as the world’s oldest octopus, has now been ...
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Misidentified fossil reclassified, reshaping views of ancient sea life

For more than 25 years, a small, soft-bodied fossil pulled from an Illinois coal mine held a remarkable title: the world’s oldest known octopus. That title is now gone. A team of researchers, led by ...