Thanks algore.
Posted on 03/08/2022 12:54:35 PM PST by algore
The fossilised remains of the animal were discovered in what is now Montana back in 1988 but it has only been identified as a new species of vampyropod now.
This group of soft-bodied cephalopods was previously believed to have eight arms, but the new species actually has 10.
'This is the first and only known vampyropod to possess 10 functional appendages,' said Dr Whalen.
During their new analysis of the fossil, the researchers found that the species had 10 arms with suckers, and dated back 328 million years – 82 million years older than the previous earliest record.
'The arm count is one of the defining characteristics separating the 10-armed squid and cuttlefish line (Decabrachia) from the eight armed octopus and vampire squid line (Vampyropoda),' Dr Whalen explained.
'We have long understood that octopuses achieve the eight arm count through elimination of the two filaments of vampire squid, and that these filaments are vestigial arms.
'However, all previously reported fossil vampyropods preserving the appendages only have 8 arms, so this fossil is arguably the first confirmation of the idea that all cephalopods ancestrally possessed ten arms.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
In my best Yoda voice, “The jokes, they do write themselves.”
Thanks algore.
Found out several weeks ago that there was a parasitic worm named, “Obama.”
Looks like any other squid.
Because its a fossil, or because its all arms? (hands)
I’m sure the museum staff who named the squid didn’t mean for it to be a criticism-or make a joke of Brandon-but that is exactly what happened-the most perfectly-named creature ever-with 10 arms to grab, hold, stroke and fondle young females inappropriately-it is great...
I leaned toward naming it after clintoon: maybe “pickledickopotamus”?
It’s named after Biden because he was the only one around when it lived. LOL
Am I the only one who thought it was the actual readout of a speech?
Who the hell selects Puppet Biden’s wardrobe?
He dresses like the Joker!
That’s giving Biden way too much credit.
He dreams of being a vampire squid. But knows he’ll never be one.
This is serious? As in not The Babylon Bee???
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