Advanced scanning technology revealed that a famous 300-million-year-old fossil long thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a different creature. The fossil, featured in Guinness Book of Records, was misidentified due to decay before fo
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'Oldest octopus' fossil is no octopus at all, scans reveal

300 Million Years years Fossil age
Guinness World Record Previous status
Advanced Scanning Discovery method
Unknown Creature Actual identity
Misidentified status
Guinness Record Overturned milestone