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SCIENCEApr 8 · 01:51 UTCSCIENCE DAILY

The world’s “oldest octopus” was never an octopus

A fossil thought to be the oldest octopus was revealed to actually belong to a nautilus after advanced imaging showed hidden teeth. This discovery pushes back the true origin of octopuses.

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