Tag Archive for 'Dunkleosteus terrelli'

Reconstruction of the largest known specimen of Dunkleosteus terrelli, compared to one of the largest reliably measured specimens of Carcharodon carcharias; a 1.75-m-tall human for scale. Image credit: Russell Engelman, doi: 10.3390/d15030318 / Sci.News.

Earth’s First Vertebrate Superpredator Was Shorter and Stouter than Previously Thought

Mar 13, 2023 by News Staff

Dunkleosteus terrelli, an armor-plated fish that lived in the shallow subtropical waters of the Devonian period, about 360 million years ago, is one of...