![Oceana on X: "Octopuses have us all beat on the #ThrowbackThursday front. The oldest known octopus fossil belongs to an animal that lived 296 MILLION years ago! https://t.co/N3k1Ll8psI" / X Oceana on X: "Octopuses have us all beat on the #ThrowbackThursday front. The oldest known octopus fossil belongs to an animal that lived 296 MILLION years ago! https://t.co/N3k1Ll8psI" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWHQPHUVwAA-dsy.jpg)
Oceana on X: "Octopuses have us all beat on the #ThrowbackThursday front. The oldest known octopus fossil belongs to an animal that lived 296 MILLION years ago! https://t.co/N3k1Ll8psI" / X
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![A fossil of an octopus. This fossil is especially rare, as the remains of the fossil mangled to stay before the octopus fully decomposed. : r/Naturewasmetal A fossil of an octopus. This fossil is especially rare, as the remains of the fossil mangled to stay before the octopus fully decomposed. : r/Naturewasmetal](https://i.redd.it/7plmtfbj2oq41.jpg)
A fossil of an octopus. This fossil is especially rare, as the remains of the fossil mangled to stay before the octopus fully decomposed. : r/Naturewasmetal
![PALAEONTOLOGY[online] | Article: Fossil Focus > Fossil Focus: Coleoid cephalopods - the squid, cuttlefish and octopus PALAEONTOLOGY[online] | Article: Fossil Focus > Fossil Focus: Coleoid cephalopods - the squid, cuttlefish and octopus](https://i0.wp.com/www.palaeontologyonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/3-Cepho_plate_cropped.jpg?fit=2227%2C2402&ssl=1)
PALAEONTOLOGY[online] | Article: Fossil Focus > Fossil Focus: Coleoid cephalopods - the squid, cuttlefish and octopus
![The oldest known octopus fossil belongs to an animal that lived some 296 million years ago, during the Carboniferous period. That s… | Animals, Fish pet, Ocean life The oldest known octopus fossil belongs to an animal that lived some 296 million years ago, during the Carboniferous period. That s… | Animals, Fish pet, Ocean life](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/63/58/fc/6358fc0a8a0784f4a655e7f912e02469.jpg)