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https://www.sci.news/paleontology/cretaceous-giant-octopuses-14723.html
In Cretaceous Oceans, Giant ‘Kraken-Like’ Octopuses May Have Been Top Predators | Sci.News
Apr 27, 2026 - Massive, soft-bodied cephalopods up to 19 m (62 feet) long rivaled -- and perhaps hunted -- the ocean’s fiercest reptiles in the Cretaceous period, according...
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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://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/news/25804/
Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago – Hokkaido University
Fossil evidence suggests that some of the earliest octopuses were enormous, powerful predators in...
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