The Biggest Extinct Creature

The kraken, fossil octopuses

Giant, kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the Cretaceous deep

Fossilized jaws reveal that enormous octopuses growing up to 19 meters long were top predators in the oceans during an era when dinosaurs ruled on land.

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‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas

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‘Kraken-like’ giant octopuses 100m years ago crunched bones of prey

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Scientists discover giant ‘kraken-like’ octopus existed millions of years ago

A kraken-like octopus that could grow to more than 18 metres long may have been one of the fiercest predators in the oceans, according to scientists.

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60-foot octopus ruled the seas during age of dinosaurs, fossils show

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Scientists just discovered a 60-foot-long, kraken-like octopus

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This Extinct Shark Had A Stronger Bite Than The Mighty T. Rex

History is full of terrifying beasts that would make even the most ferocious living predators look like cuddly toys. There's the largest prehistoric arthropod, as well as the the giant eagle that positively dwarfs today's bald eagles and menaced its prey ...

Natural History Museum

Largest ever octopus was top predator in dinosaur-era oceans

The 19-metre-long Nanaimoteuthis haggarti was a fearsome carnivore eating fish, crustaceans and many other sea creatures.

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Too Big to Flap? The Prehistoric Bird so Massive it Could Barely Fly

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Argentavis magnificent© Radomil / CC BY-SA 3.0 The post Too Big to Flap? The Prehistoric Bird so Massive it Could Barely Fly appeared first on A-Z Animals. Despite its massive size ...

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In 1883, A Rare, Horse-Like Creature Went Extinct — Here Are The Only 5 Photos Of It (Explained By A Biologist)

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on Earth. Yet, there are some extinctions that have felt ...