New technology makes it possible to glean a lot more information from rare fossils.
may have been a bit more, well, vigorous. Their results point to a fearsome eight-armed hunter that likely captured prey with a pair of powerful suction cups.Vampyronassa rhodanica, This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Alison Rowe: In this study, we utilized powerful X-ray imaging techniques to scan fossil and modern specimens.
From the comparative analysis between the fossil and extant form, we can show for the first time thatthat aren’t seen today. This research provides a small window on the diversity of character combinations that occurred in the Jurassic that are now lost.to the modern-day vampire squid. For context, can you give us a crash course on the vampire squid and its relatives?
Rowe: The vampire squid is actually not a squid. It is closer to octopuses than to squids. Like the octopus, it has 8 arms, but also two filaments that are developmentally homologous to arms, which makes it somewhat comparable to squid or cuttlefish that have 10 arms. It has cirri on the arms like the incirrates [. It has its own characteristics such as its type of sucker attachment, and its gladius, which is a kind of internal organic shell.
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