Patrick Aldrich

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All these early jawed fish wore armor that looks rather clunky to us today—it certainly wasn’t the most hydrodynamic style. They were no sharks and they were no marlins. Still, they were nothing nearly as clunky as cephalopods, who had to truck around massive molluscan shells. Fish armor was at least articulated, able to bend and move. Cephalopod shells were less armor and more mobile bomb shelter.
Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods
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