It was big. It was mean. And it could bite a shark in two. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Scientists say Dunkleosteus terrelli ...
An ancient, 1-metric-ton fish nearly as long as a school bus had a bite more powerful than nearly everything alive today, a new study reveals. The 10-meter-long Dunkleosteus terrelli cruised Devonian ...
CHICAGO -- It could bite a shark in two. It might have been the first “king of the beasts.” And it could teach scientists a lot about humans, because it is in the sister group of all jawed vertebrates ...
This video explores the fascinating story of Dunkleosteus, one of the first true apex predators to dominate Earth’s ancient ...
About 360 million years ago, a huge armored fish patrolled a shallow sea that once covered what is now Cleveland. This animal, known as Dunkleosteus terrelli, has long held a place among the most ...
Did someone say "jaws"? Forget the great white shark: a 400-million-year-old, multiton fish may have had a bite powerful enough to chop a shark--or just about anything else--clean in two. To determine ...
Learn about Dunkleosteus, an ancient apex predator that ripped apart large fish with sharp bony blades that lined its mouth. A photograph of the Dunkleosteus terrelli fossil skull upon which this ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was the first super predator of the ancient seas and its fearsome, jagged jaws still inspire awe 400 million years later. The armour-plated fish Dunkleosteus was a ...
400-million years ago a 33-foot long, 4-ton fish terrorized the oceans with jaws that rivaled those of Tyrannosaurus rex, according to research published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters ...