Dunkleosteus realistic figure from Scientist Factory. Shown against a white background to showcase the careful details

Dunkleosteus in natural surroundings to highlight its realistic details

Dunkleosteus – the Fish With the Strongest Bite

€17.00

Dunkleosteus lived in the devonian period, about 358-382 million years ago
It had one of the strongest bites of any fish that has ever lived
Dunkleosteus could be up to 6 meters long and weigh one ton
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The figure is 21 cm long and has a movable jaw
Suitable for children aged 3 and older

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Reconstructed skull of dunkleosteus from the natural history museum in Wien. Photo: Zachi Evenor (CC-BY-3.0)

Dunkleosteus was a fish that lived in the late devonian period, about 358-382 million years ago. The biggest species of dunkleosteus could be up to 6 meters long and weigh one ton. It had the ability to close its jaw very fast, and the force of its bite was an impressive 755 kg!

In stead of teeth dunkleosteus had two pairs of sharp plates of bone that made a kind of beak. These plates of bone are mainly what todays known fossils of dunkleosteus consist of, and researchers have to look to other related species to make educated guesses about what the rest of dunkleosteus body may have looked like.

Dunkleosteus powerful jaw probably made it possible for it to also hunt prey with hard shells, like ammonites.