A fossil from the Fezouata Shale of Morocco shows a straight-shelled nautiloid that died, fell to the seafloor, and was colonized by dozens of tiny pterobranchs.

A 330-million-year-old cephalopod fossil (pictured) may be the oldest ancestor of octopuses, but that interpretation hinges on how scientists identify one feature in the fossil. S. Thurston/AMNH ...

Yet every so often, some soft tissue does get preserved in fossil form. And when it does, it’s an exciting opening for biologists in that it helps them understand how ancient lifeforms functioned.

This ancient cephalopod, often described as a “living fossil,” was sighted in late November 2024 during an underwater operation near the German Channel in Palau.The sighting, which marks the ...

The fossil, which measures about 12 centimeters long, can easily fit in your hand, leading Whalen to posit that Syllipsimopodi bideni was most likely a smaller predatory cephalopod.

A 200-year-old fossil from Britain’s Jurassic Coast may be the oldest known example of a “squid-like” creature attacking a fish in existence, say scientists.

The fossil belongs to a cephalopod from the genus Endoceras, though the species is still unknown, said Michael Kjelland, who teaches biology and agribusiness at Mayville State University.

A good cephalopod fossil is hard to find. Although ammonite shells, belemnite guards and other indicators of hard body parts are abundant in the fossil record, paleontologists seldom get to see ...

The specimen, which was found in Germany’s Solnhofen fossil beds, is an 11-inch-long coleoid cephalopod, a precursor to today’s squids, octopuses and cuttlefish.

For one unfortunate pterosaur looking for lunch 150 million years ago, calamari was a risky choice. A new cephalopod fossil, described last week in the journal Scientific Reports, was unearthed ...

A re-analysis of a fossil found in England during the 19th century reveals that it depicts a 200-million-year-old scene in which a squid-like creature is still clutching onto its prey.

Nature Reviews Genetics - Fantastic beasts — cephalopod RNA recoding. ... By contrast, the few mismatches seen in the nautiloid and mollusc were attributed to background noise.