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Dunkleosteus

Dunkleosteus is an extinct genus of large arthrodire ("jointed-neck") fish that existed during the Late Devonian period, about 382–358 million years ago. It was a pelagic fish inhabiting open waters, and one of the first vertebrate apex predators of any ecosystem. Fossils of Dunkleosteus have been found in the United States, Canada, Poland, Belgium, and…

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related to Discovery · 29
Dunkleosteus → American Museum, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum, Cleveland Shale, CMNH, Dinichthys, Elyria, However, Huron Shale, Jay Terrell, John Strong Newberry, Lake Erie, London, Most, Natural History, Natural History Museum, Newberry, Ohio, Ohio Geological Survey
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Dunkleosteus → At, California, Chadakoin Formations, Chagrin, Chattanooga Shale, Cleveland Shales, Conneaut, Eastmanosteus, Europe, However, Huron, Ives, Lost Burro Formation, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Size, Skulls, Tennessee, Texas, The
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Dunkleosteus → Aspinothoracidi, Carr, Cleveland Museum, David Dunkle, David Dunkle's, Dinichthyidae, Dinichthys, Dunkle's, Dunkleosteidae, Dunkleosteoidea, Eastmanosteus, Gorgonichthys, Greek, Heintzichthys, Hlavin, However, It, Jean-Pierre Lehman, Natural History, Originally
related to Size and anatomy · 8
Dunkleosteus → Across, Because, Coccosteus, In, Mainly, The, Thickening, This
related to Diet · 7
Dunkleosteus → Additionally, Anderson, Based, Engelman, In, They, Westneat
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Dunkleosteus → extinct genus of large arthrodire
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Dunkleosteus → Some

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species terrelli known ft dinichthys arthrodires length size armor genus found largest may fish metres trunk estimates fossils placoderms jaw

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Dunkleosteusis aextinct genus of large arthrodire0.90text
ammonitesinstance ofarmored prey0.80text
other placoderms.In 2025instance ofarmored prey0.80text
Engelmaninstance ofarmored prey0.80text
colleagues questioned the suction feeding hypothesisinstance ofarmored prey0.80text
criticizing that the assumptions behind these models do not accurately reflect the anatomy of D. terrelliinstance ofarmored prey0.80text
Dunkleosteusrelated to DietBased0.60section
Dunkleosteusrelated to DietAnderson0.60section
Dunkleosteusrelated to DietWestneat0.60section
Dunkleosteusrelated to DietThey0.60section
Dunkleosteusrelated to DietIn0.60section
Dunkleosteusrelated to DietEngelman0.60section

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