Look at this Jeletzkyteuthis fossilized in the act of predating on a Parabelopeltis! Both are vampyromorph cephalopods from the Early Jurassic of Germany.

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Some five-year-old for troodontids meet Tusoteuthis. Fossil coleoids are famously difficult to reconstruct (all soft-tissue, virtually no skeleton), so it's sometimes best to bundle them up on a beach where no-one can tell what they're meant to look like.

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My notes said the next thing in my queue was an OC based on the Planctoteuthis squid so I drew this lady, whose name is obviously Plancto. Not sure of her role yet but she’s going to be a character in my Midnightverse setting.

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Some Teuthis, squid inspired aliens! I recently redesigned them and felt like rendering~ 🦑

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Late night vampire squid - they’re so lovely. The polar opposite of their Latin name, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, which means “vampire squid from hell” 🖤🖤

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M.W Opisthoteuthis メンダコ

HAKUROさんとの二人展にてコラボ作品として制作しました。デンシタコのカスタムも楽しかった🐙

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Tommy: Vampire Squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
Darnold: Torr's Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton torri)
Gman: Vampire Fish Trap (Vampyronassa rhodanica)
Sunkist: Luminous Flying Squid (Eucleoteuthis luminosa)

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FINALLY! Day 31 of Happy
INKY FUN FACT This individual here is called a vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis), whose scientific name means "vampire squid from Hell". But it's neither a vampire, a squid, OR from Hell! (1)

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