[Geology2] Fossil of Cretaceous-era squid found in Peru

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Fossil of Cretaceous-era squid found in Peru
PhysOrg.com [USA], January 20, 2011

Paleontologists said Thursday they discovered the 85-million-year-old
fossil of a previously unknown squid species from the Cretaceous era in
the high jungle region of northeastern Peru. "It is a new species of
squid, totally new, that has not been seen in other parts of the world,"
paleontologist Klaus Honninger told AFP. Honninger, director of the
Meyer-Honninger Paleontology Museum in the northern city of Chiclayo,
said the fossil was a large cephalopod of the extinct Baculite species,
known for their long straight shells.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-fossil-cretaceous-era-squid-peru.html

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