Kraken: Difference between revisions

[[Paleontology|Paleontologist]] [[Mark McMenamin]] and his spouse Dianna Schulte McMenamin claimed that an ancient, giant cephalopod resembling the legendary kraken caused the deaths of ichthyosaurs during the [[Triassic]] Period.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nature.com/news/2011/111011/full/news.2011.586.html |first=Sid |last=Perkins |title=Kraken versus ichthyosaur: let battle commence |date=2011 |journal=Nature |doi=10.1038/news.2011.586 |access-date=December 2, 2020 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=McMenamin |first1=Mark A. S. |last2=McMenamin |first2=Dianna Schulte |date=Oct 2011 |title=Triassic Kraken: The Berlin Ichthyosaur Death Assemblage Interpreted as a Giant Cephalopod Midden |url=http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/finalprogram/abstract_197227.htm |journal=Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs |volume=43 |issue=5 |page=310 |access-date=18 May 2023 |archive-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514141456/https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/finalprogram/abstract_197227.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=McMenamin, M. A. S. |author2=McMenamin, Dianna Schulte |year=2013 |title=The Kraken's back: New evidence regarding possible cephalopod arrangement of ichthyosaur skeletons |journal=Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs |volume=43 |issue=5 |page=87}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=McMenamin |first=Mark A. S. |date=2023 |title=A Late Triassic Nuculanoid Clam (Bivalvia: Nuculanoidea) and Associated Mollusks: Implications for Luning Formation (Nevada, USA) Paleobathymetry |journal=Geosciences |language=en |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=80 |doi=10.3390/geosciences13030080 |issn=2076-3263 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2023Geosc..13...80M }}</ref> However, this theory has been met with criticisms by multiple researchers.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://the-meniscus.blogspot.com/2011/10/kraken-sleepeth.html | title=The Meniscus: The Kraken Sleepeth | date=16 October 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Simpson |first=Sarah |date=October 11, 2011 |title=Smokin' Kraken? |url=http://news.discovery.com/earth/smokin-kraken-111011.html |accessdate=2011-10-11 |work=Discovery News |publisher=[[Discovery Channel]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 12, 2011 |title=Mythical Kraken-Like Sea Monster Might be Real: Researcher |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229497/20111012/mythical-kraken-kraken-prehistoric-oceans-ichthyosaur-bones-charles-lewis-camp.htm |accessdate=2011-10-12 |work=[[International Business Times]] |publisher=The International Business Times Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Than |first1=Ker |date=October 11, 2011 |title=Kraken Sea Monster Account "Bizarre and Miraculous" |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111011-kraken-sea-monster-ichthyosaurs-science/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012163622/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111011-kraken-sea-monster-ichthyosaurs-science/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2011 |accessdate=2011-10-12 |work=National Geographic News |publisher=[[National Geographic Society]]}}</ref>