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Remarkable “Chunky” Jurassic Squid from Wyoming is Scientifically Described

A remarkable new species of Jurassic squid-like animal has been described from Wyoming. The bizarre belemnite, named Wyoteuthis linsterorum, lived around 160 million years ago (Oxfordian faunal stage). Furthermore, it had an extraordinarily thick and barrel-shaped internal skeleton. An international research team studied two exceptionally rare fossils from the famous Sundance Formation. The scientists concluded

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