Fossil Ink Sacs Yield Jurassic Pigment—A First
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 18:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Still soft ink sacs from 160-million-year-old squidlike animals have yielded pigment matching that of modern cuttlefish.
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