This giant finned octopus ruled Cretaceous oceans as apex predator. It's a new species

The finned octopus lived alongside T. rex and may have been one of the top predators in the ancient ocean food chain.
Indiatimes

Kraken was real and devoured dinosaurs? School-bus-sized giant octopus ruled ancient seas, new fossil discovery confirms

There was a time when sailors would whisper among themselves about the Kraken - a legendary sea monster thought to exist in the depths of the ocean, able to pull entire ships down into the void. It ...

60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.
Boston Herald

A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

NEW YORK (AP) — The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus. Spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from ...
CBC.ca

Monstrous octopus terrorized seas off B.C. in Age of Dinosaurs, study suggests

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