Oldest-ever pigment found in fossilized ink sacs
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 15:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The oldest fossilized pigment ever found has been discovered inside the preserved ink sacs of an ancient cuttlefish ancestor. The ink sacs belonged to a cephalopod, the group that includes squid, octopus and cuttlefish, 160 million years ago, during the Jurassic era.