Vampire squid are gentle blobs. But this ancestor was a fierce hunter
Reconstruction of 164-million-year-old fossils reveal a muscular body and powerful suckers

Vampyronassa rhodanica (illustrated), an ancestor of the modern vampire squid, lived 164 million years ago. It had a sleek, muscular body and eight arms lined with powerful suckers that could have helped it snatch and hold onto prey.
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