Carboniferous Vampire-Squid-Like Cephalopod Had Ten Arms

A brand new genus and species of vampyropod cephalopod — named Syllipsimopodi bideni after President Joseph Biden — has been recognized from an exceptionally well-preserved fossil discovered within the Bear Gulch Lagerstätte in Montana, the United States. Vampyropoda — certainly one of three principal teams of internally-shelled cephalopods — combines octopods, vampyromorphs, and their family. These soft-bodied […]