https://apnews.com/article/kraken-cretaceous-octopus-fossil-ab911a3fcae1f32443770308348cfbe6
Kraken-like octopuses may have been top predators during the Cretaceous | AP News
Apr 23, 2026 - The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus.
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https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-kraken-like-octopuses-once-stalked-their-prey-in-cretaceous-seas
Giant, Kraken-Like Octopuses Once Stalked Their Prey in Cretaceous Seas : ScienceAlert
Long before Megalodon ruled the seas, something just as unsettling may have lurked in the depths – giant octopuses the size of whales.
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https://www.jpost.com:443/science/article-894176
Colossal octopus may have dominated Cretaceous oceans, researchers say | The Jerusalem Post
Apr 26, 2026 - “These giant octopuses likely occupied the same ecological tier and may have competed with marine reptiles and sharks within the same ecosystem,” said...
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kraken-octopus-largest-invertebrate
Giant, kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the Cretaceous deep
Apr 23, 2026 - Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest invertebrates ever.
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https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/meet-the-19-meter-cretaceous-kraken-that-swam-with-mosasaurs.1512743/
Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs | Ars OpenForum
Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator. See full article...
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-cretaceous-period.html
The Cretaceous Period: What was Earth like before dinosaurs went extinct? | Natural History Museum
The Cretaceous Period lasted for nearly 80 million years. Discover what the climate was like in this geological period, where the continents were and what...
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https://ncar.ucar.edu/opensky-publications/articles:43923/isotopic-evidence-from-a-brazos-river-texas-usa-cretaceous-paleogene-boundary-section-consistent-with-a-pulse-of-greenhouse-warming-shortly-after-the-chicxulub-impact
Isotopic evidence from a Brazos River (Texas, USA) Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary section consistent...
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0345692
Unraveling the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary event across the Gulf of Mexico—High-resolution Rayon...
The Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary, marked by the Chicxulub impact ejecta layer has a global distribution, with distal, intermediate and proximal boundary...
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/meet-the-19-meter-cretaceous-kraken-that-swam-with-mosasaurs/
Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs - Ars Technica
Apr 24, 2026 - Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator.
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https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-04-23/ty-article-magazine/meg-who-top-predator-in-cretaceous-sea-was-octopus-new-study-suggests/0000019d-b95d-ded5-abdd-bd7d1e7a0000
Meg Who? Top Predator in Cretaceous Sea Was Octopus, New Study Suggests - Archaeology
Apr 23, 2026 - Analysis of Beaks Shows Octopuses Could Reach 19 Meters in Length May Well Have Dined on the Sharks We Thought Were on Top
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https://www.wvtf.org/2026-04-24/a-real-life-kraken-stalked-the-seas-of-the-late-cretaceous
A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous | WVTF
Apr 24, 2026 - Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, competing with large apex predators.
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https://gizmodo.com/this-62-foot-kraken-octopus-terrorized-cretaceous-seas-2000749705
This 62-Foot ‘Kraken’ Octopus Terrorized Cretaceous Seas
Apr 23, 2026 - Unlike most of its invertebrate peers, octopuses gave up protective shells... But it seems that the sacrifice was totally worth it.
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https://www.livescience.com/29231-cretaceous-period.html
Cretaceous period: Animals, plants and extinction event | Live Science
Jul 26, 2022 - The Cretaceous period lasted approximately 79 million years, and ended with a major extinction event about 66 million years ago.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kraken-fossils-show-enormous-intelligent-octopuses-were-top-predators-in-cretaceous-seas/
‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas |...
Apr 23, 2026 - Fossil jaws from colossal octopuses place them at the top of a prehistoric marine food chain
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