{"id":415559,"date":"2022-03-13T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/octopus-ancestors-lived-before-era-of-dinosaurs-study-shows\/"},"modified":"2022-03-13T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T14:00:01","slug":"octopus-ancestors-lived-before-era-of-dinosaurs-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/octopus-ancestors-lived-before-era-of-dinosaurs-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"#Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413075c38b8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413075c38b8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/octopus-ancestors-lived-before-era-of-dinosaurs-study-shows\/#%E2%80%9COctopus_ancestors_lived_before_era_of_dinosaurs_study_shows%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9COctopus_ancestors_lived_before_era_of_dinosaurs_study_shows%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/octopus-ancestors-live.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/octopus-ancestors-live.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"An octopus swims at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany on Friday, Nov. 25, 2005. In research published Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in the journal &lt;i&gt;Nature Communications&lt;\/i&gt;, scientists have described the oldest known fossil ancestor of octopuses \u2013 an approximately 330 million-year-old specimen found in Montana. Credit: AP Photo\/Bernd Kammerer, File\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/octopus-ancestors-live.jpg\" alt=\"Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows\" title=\"An octopus swims at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany on Friday, Nov. 25, 2005. In research published Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in the journal &lt;i&gt;Nature Communications&lt;\/i&gt;, scientists have described the oldest known fossil ancestor of octopuses \u2013 an approximately 330 million-year-old specimen found in Montana. Credit: AP Photo\/Bernd Kammerer, File\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                An octopus swims at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany on Friday, Nov. 25, 2005. In research published Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in the journal <i>Nature Communications<\/i>, scientists have described the oldest known fossil ancestor of octopuses \u2013 an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roximately 330 million-year-old specimen found in Montana. Credit: AP Photo\/Bernd Kammerer, File<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scientists have found the oldest known ancestor of octopuses \u2013 an approximately 330 million-year-old fossil unearthed in Montana.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>The researchers concluded the ancient creature lived millions of years earlier than previously believed, meaning that octopuses originated before the era of dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p>The 4.7-inch (12-centimeter) fossil has 10 limbs\u2014modern octopuses have eight\u2014each with two rows of suckers. It probably lived in a shallow, tropical ocean bay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very rare to find soft tissue fossils, except in a few places,&#8221; said Mike Vecchione, a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History zoologist who was not involved in the study. &#8220;This is a very exciting finding. It pushes back the ancestry much farther than previously known.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The specimen was discovered in Montana&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.er.usgs.gov\/publication\/70017074\">Bear Gulch<\/a> limestone formation and donated to the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, the fossil sat overlooked in a drawer while scientists studied fossil sharks and other finds from the site. But then paleontologists noticed the 10 tiny limbs encased in limestone.<\/p>\n<p>The well-preserved fossil also &#8220;shows some evidence of an ink sac,&#8221; probably used to squirt out a dark liquid cloak to help to evade predators, just like modern octopuses, said Christopher Whalen, an American Museum of Natural History paleontologist and co-author of the study published Tuesday in the journal <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-28333-5\"><i>Nature Communications<\/i>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The creature, a vampyropod, was likely the ancestor of both modern octopuses and vampire squid, a confusingly named marine critter that&#8217;s much closer to an octopus than a squid. Previously, the &#8220;oldest known definitive&#8221; vampyropod was from around 240 million years ago, the authors said.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists named the fossil Syllipsimopodi bideni, after President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not having an ancient octopus\u2014or vampire squid\u2014bearing your name is actually a compliment, the scientists say they intended admiration for the president&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> and research priorities.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            New species of extinct vampire-squid\u2013like cephalopod is the first of its kind with ten functional arms\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Christopher Whalen, Fossil coleoid cephalopod from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Lagerst\u00e4tte sheds light on early vampyropod evolution, <i>Nature Communications<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-022-28333-5\">DOI: 10.1038\/s41467-022-28333-5<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-28333-5\">www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-28333-5<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 The Associated Press. 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