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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

POHLSEPIA MAZONENSIS

by Terry Trowbridge
 
 
Newly published research by the University of Reading concludes that Pohlsepia mazonensis, the fossilized remains listed by Guinness World Records as the earliest known octopus, belong instead to a relative of a nautilus, a cephalopod with both tentacles and a shell. —AP, April 10, 2026

 

Octopus, not a pus.

Octopus, nautilus. 


 
Canadian poet Terry Trowbridge, 4 limbs, a quadropus.