The Fossil Cephalopod Thread- Ammonites, belemnites, nautiloids, coeloids...

Adam Khor

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-world-oldest-evidence-lobsters-gas.html

Adam Khor

Or at least some did.

http://www.livescience.com/19690-ammonites-deposit-seafloor-seep.html

Adam Khor

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/article00333.html

Now that they are actually looking for it, expect many other fossil animals to reveal preserved melanin and other organic material

Galvasean

Jurassic Park 4 - now featuring squid!

Adam Khor

Squid-like cephalopods of the Jurassic preserved grasping at prey!

Amazing preservation!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44260-w





These cephalopods would've been related to belemnites. Here's an earlier story about a belemnite fossil found with preserved pigments from its ink sac, which were then used by paleontologists to draw a picture of the belemnite itself ("the ultimate self portrait"):

https://theparagraph.com/2009/09/jurassic-squid-drawn-in-own-ink-again/

Adam Khor

Relevant to the above:

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/jurassic-squid-attack-08405.html