Wyoming Discovery Reveals Odd Jurassic Squid Preserved For 160 Million Years

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers in Wyoming, U.S., have uncovered two rare fossils of a Jurassic squid-like species that lived about 160 million years ago. The species, called Wyoteuthis linsterorum, is an ancient cephalopod known as a belemnite and is related to today’s squid and octopus. Its thick, barrel-shaped skeleton makes it the largest belemnite […]

  History & Life Story   Sep 16, 2026   0   14  Add to Reading List












Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers in Wyoming, U.S., have uncovered two rare fossils of a Jurassic squid-like species that lived about 160 million years ago. The species, called Wyoteuthis linsterorum, is an ancient cephalopod known as a belemnite and is related to today’s squid and octopus. Its thick, barrel-shaped skeleton makes it the largest belemnite […]
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