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Scientists discover a bizarre Jurassic “squid” unlike anything ever seen

Scientists have identified the “fattest” belemnite ever discovered, a bizarre, barrel-shaped squid relative that lived in Wyoming’s ancient seas 160 million years ago. The exceptionally rare fossils reveal a creature unlike anything previously known, potentially a predator of smaller squid-like animals and a surprising survivor of a supposedly vanished family.

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Scientists discover a bizarre Jurassic “squid” unlike anything ever seen
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