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2026.04.24

Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans

Science. 2026 Apr 23;392(6796):406-410. doi: 10.1126/science.aea6285. Epub 2026 Apr 23.

Ikegami S#,1, Mutterlose J2, Sugiura K1, Takeda Y3, Derin MO4, Kubota A5, Tainaka K6, Harada T4, Nishida H7, Iba Y#,1.

  1. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
  2. Department of Geosciences, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
  3. Spectroscopy and Imaging Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Japan.
  4. Morgenrot Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
  5. Department of Geosciences, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
  6. Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
  7. Department of Biological Sciences, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan.

    8. #Contributed equally.

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