Rare 'Chunkiest' Jurassic Squid Species Discovered in Wyoming Fossils

In the ancient sediments of Wyoming, a squid-like creature that lived 160 million years ago has finally been given a name — and in doing so, it has quietly redrawn the boundaries of what science thought it knew. A fossil noticed in the 1990s and a second found by an amateur collector in 2019 together revealed Wyoteuthis linsterorum, the thickest belemnite ever recorded, belonging to a family long believed extinct by the time these animals swam. The discovery reminds us that even the most thoroughly studied corners of the natural record still hold surprises, and that patience, curiosity, and th