In Depth Along with Styletoctopus, the description of Keuppia was one of the big discoveries concerning the study of prehistoric cephalopods. Keuppia has the standard eight arms common to all octopuses yet is not yet a modern form. Inside the body there is what is called a gladius, a firm growth that is actually the … Read more
In Depth Palaeoctopus was one of the first prehistoric octopuses ever discovered, and since its discovery fossils of octopuses, and cephalopods in general, have proven hard to find because their soft bodies usually decompose long before they have chance to fossilise. Overtime several fossils have been attributed to this genus, though Mexican fossils once added … Read more
In Depth Dating to the Carboniferous period, Pohlsepia is so far one of the oldest known cephalopods. Further Reading Pohlsepia mazonensis, an early ‘octopus’ from the Carboniferous of Illinois, USA, Joanne Kluessendorf & Peter Doyle - 2000.
In Depth In 2009 Styletoctopus was one of two genera of extinct prehistoric octopuses presented to the world, the other being Keuppia. The fact that octopus fossils were found at all is worthy of headline news since with the exception of a hard keratinous beak, octopuses that we know today are entirely made up of … Read more