July 22 , 2016

What killed the giant ichthyosaurs of Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada? The leading hypothesis is that a giant octopus-like cephalopod attacked and killed the Shonisaurus ichthyosaurs and dragged their corpses to the Triassic sea floor. The Triassic Kraken hypothesis has survived all tests to date, and currently stands alone as the best explanation for the strange collection of large ichthyosaur bones at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, Nevada.

Mark A. S. McMenamin (2016)

Deep Bones.

In: Dynamic Paleontology: 131-158

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22777-1_9