The Economic Times

Giant octopus fossil proves Kraken was real? Sea monster bigger than most dinosaurs lived 100 million years ago: Study

Giant octopus fossil: A new study published in Science reveals that giant octopus-like creatures up to 19 metres long lived as apex predators in the ancient oceans 100 million years ago. Fossilised beaks show they crushed bones and rivalled mosasaurs. The discovery suggests these intelligent invertebrates dominated marine food webs long before modern legends of the Kraken.