Ink Sack (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Ink Sack

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A fossilized mantle of a vampyropod, a relative to the vampire squid. The ink sacis the raised structure in the center, and muscles have a striated appearance.

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Rowan Martindale/The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences.

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