Keuppia

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

Palaeoctopus

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