CMNH 6090, Dunkleosteus terrelli3D Model
CMNH 6090, Dunkleosteus terrelli (Newberry, 1873)
Age: Late Devonian (Famennian) Rock unit: Cleveland Shale Member, Ohio Formation
Locality: Lorain Co., OH
Collectors: P. A. Bungart & F. G. Sheperd Date Collected: 03 Aug, 1931
358 million years ago, a shallow sea teeming with marine life covered Northeast Ohio. Dunkleosteus terrelli, the largest predator and one of the fiercest creatures alive in the Devonian “Age of Fishes,” ruled the waters. Up to 20 feet in length and weighing more than 1 ton, this fish was capable of chopping prehistoric sharks into chum! Dunkleosteus had a massive skull made of thick, bony plates, and 2 sets of fang-like protrusions near the front of powerful, self-sharpening jawbones.
On November 18, 2020, the Ohio General Assembly passed a bill declaring Dunkleosteus terrelli the state fossil fish.
Scanner: Artec Spider
Image by Hailey Majewski & Aidan Daiker, CMNH
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