
Dunkleosteus - Wikipedia
Size estimates for this species range from 4.1–10 m (13–33 ft) in length, though estimates greater than 4.5 m are poorly supported. [4][2] Skulls of this species can be up to 60–70 cm (24–28 in) …
Dunkleosteus - Your Guide To The Giant Armored Placoderm: …
With a maximum size somewhere between 3-8 meters, or 11-26 feet in length, Dunkleosteus terrelli was the largest Placoderm to ever exist. Like all Placoderms, D. terrelli had thick, tank …
One of the biggest fish ever, this deadly ... - Discover Wildlife
Nov 19, 2025 · At roughly 4m in length, Dunkleosteus is the largest placoderm currently known to science. And this is just a recent, conservative estimate for this monstrous fish; some earlier, …
Dunkleosteus: Facts and Figures - ThoughtCo
May 13, 2025 · This huge (about 30 feet long and three or four tons), armor-covered prehistoric fish was probably the largest vertebrate of its day, and almost certainly the largest fish of the …
Dunkleosteus Animal Facts - Dunkleosteus terrelli - A-Z Animals
May 27, 2024 · Some conservative estimates place the Dunkleosteus length at about 15 feet, while more generous ones claim it could have been as long as 19.6 feet.
Dunkleosteus - Extinct Animal Encyclopedia
Jan 6, 2025 · Dunkleosteus was one of the largest and most fearsome fish of the Devonian period, swimming the seas about 358 million years ago. This ancient predator could reach up …
Ancient Sea Predator Dunkleosteus Was Less Than Half Its Estimated Size ...
Aug 2, 2023 · But unlike its armored head, its body was cartilaginous and not preserved, leading to guesses of total body length of anything from 5-10m (16-32’), or nearly as large as an adult …
Dunkleosteus: The Monster With The Devastating Bite - Ocean Info
Dunkleosteus measured between 15 and 19.6 ft in length, making it larger than the Great White Shark It is believed to have measured between 15 and 19.6 ft in length, according to more …
A Devonian Fish Tale: A New Method of Body Length Estimation
Feb 21, 2023 · Here, I estimate the body size of D. terrelli using a new metric, orbit-opercular length, and a large dataset of arthrodires and extant fishes (3169 observations, 972 species).
Dunkleosteus - Wikiwand
Size estimates for this species range from 4.1–10 m (13–33 ft) in length, though estimates greater than 4.5 m are poorly supported. [4][2] Skulls of this species can be up to 60–70 cm (24–28 in) …