#proteroctopus

[veloci-raptor]

Invert only Flocking (#33)

Tyrannasorus rex/Titanomyrma

Hibbertopterus/Proteroctopus

[f3l-tsm30w]

TEAM FOSSILS ARTFIGHT SONA REF (on paper)

even though I will have to be a spectator during this Artfight (cuz once again, I don’t have my own phone nor a google account, I’m typing this on another phone, and I can’t figure out my Artfight username and password) I will be rooting for those on Team Fossils, so here is my Team Fossils Artfight sona

this is Ajax, he is a Proteroctopus Octoling with a fossilized Salmonid tail

he basically hangs out in Umami Ruins

HE’S ALSO VERY PRIMAL, CHAOTIC, AND FERAL. he was an almost successful experiment of reviving the Proteroctopus by putting its DNA onto a regular Octoling. It did however grew a fossilized Salmonid Tail for some reason

but yeah here he is

the ref is on paper, I might draw him digitally but I’ll do it later

[paleobiogeography]

Fossil Octopus Is a Jurassic Jewel

Paleontologists provide a new look at a beautifully preserved fossil cephalopod

[palaeopedia]

The First octopus, Proteroctopus (1982)

Phylum : Mollusca Class : Cephalopoda Subclass : Coleoidea Superorder : Octopodiformes Order : Octopoda Family : incertae sedis Genus : Proteroctopus Species : P. ribeti

Middle Jurassic (164 Ma)

15 cm long (size)

Voulte-sur-Rhône, France (map)

A primitive Jurassic era cephalopod,‭ ‬Proteroctopus has relatively thin and short arms when compared to the size of the mantle.‭ ‬The small size of the arms suggests that Proteroctopus was probably a pelagic organism that floated around in open water,‭ ‬since the arms were not developed enough to grip and move along the ocean floor.‭ ‬This may in turn suggest that Proteroctopus lived within the darker layers of the ocean,‭ ‬therefore relying upon cover of darkness to protect it from all but the best adapted predators of the time, just as similar cephalopods do today.