View Full Version : Giant fossil squid gladius found!
Phil Mar 31st, 2008, 07:30pm Hot news just in!
Attached is a picture of Apriloteuthis giganteus that I have just received from a worker on the excavation site. I am not at liberty to divulge more at this time, save to say the location is Australia and the squid gladius is thought to be 25 meters or so long.
It is quite likely that this gigantic late Cretaceous cephalopod fed on marine reptiles and could spray gallons of ink at a time.
monty Mar 31st, 2008, 07:51pm 5 point penalty for not using the London bus icon.
Phil Mar 31st, 2008, 08:01pm Do I get my points back now Monty?
monty Mar 31st, 2008, 08:11pm Oh, I suppose. Isn't "kraken" supposed to be so-called because it resembles a giant uprooted tree?
say, did any of you know that if you type "current time in London" into the google search box, it tells you what time it is in the UK. Who'd'a thunk?
tonmo Mar 31st, 2008, 08:16pm I should just stay in bed tomorrow. :mrgreen:
dreadhead Mar 31st, 2008, 08:34pm At least it's not drawn with crayons.
Architeuthoceras Mar 31st, 2008, 10:42pm Wow! those Belemnites got as big as trees! :grin:
cleopatra Mar 31st, 2008, 11:10pm Wow!
Animal Mother Mar 31st, 2008, 11:16pm I should just stay in bed tomorrow. :mrgreen:
I hear ya.
Apriloteuthis! Good one. :lol:
dwhatley Apr 1st, 2008, 01:28am Some of us are just a little slow ... Tony has the best cure I suspect.
Danno Apr 1st, 2008, 06:14am Yay! Can't wait to see more.
cuttlegirl Apr 1st, 2008, 08:34am In my sleep deprived state, I believed Phil... I wish I could go back to bed. :sleeping:
Sequoiateuthis, giant of the Cretaceous seas :wink:
Danno Apr 1st, 2008, 06:16pm Aw wait a minute, this isn't some April fools joke is it? The timing and all.
monty Apr 1st, 2008, 06:27pm Aw wait a minute, this isn't some April fools joke is it? The timing and all.
Well, it's a fossil, so it must have been around sometime before April 1st, right? Unless it's a relatively recent fossil. Of course, it could have formed on an April 1st sometime during the cretaceous. If only we had more accurate dating methods...
L8 2 RISE Apr 1st, 2008, 06:31pm so does this mean that it is possible that there is a 100 ft long humbolt squid lurking around?
Phil Apr 1st, 2008, 06:43pm Good point Monty, sir. I believe a detailed examination the specimen and radio-isotope dating via uranium decay and associated ammonite inclusions indicated that it died on April 1st 86,546,937BC.
Alternatively, it could died on April 1st 4004BC, speaking of joke dating...:mrgreen:
so does this mean that it is possible that there is a 100 ft long humbolt squid lurking around?
Most certainly. You should see its mother.
dreadhead Apr 1st, 2008, 07:24pm :roflmao:
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