MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release:

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"Peculiar" new species of Jurassic squid found in Wyoming

* Researchers have identified a new species of Jurassic squid-like animal from 160-million-year-old fossils

* CT scanning showed it belongs to an ancient branch of belemnites thought to have disappeared much earlier, making the discovery exceptionally rare.