they discovered the jaws could rapidly open and close. So fast that Dunkleosteus could make a suction when opening, sucking prey into it. Secondly, they found the jaws to have a tremendous bite force, on par with giant
Dunkleosteus was a fish that flourished worldwide. Its armored flesh was nearly impervious to any of its enemies and it had a tremendous bite force. Which brings up the question of why did these animals go extinct? And paleontologists have come up with an answer to that question. They beli...
In the case of Dunkleosteus alone, body size has been considered a relevant variable in determining likely life habits [11], scaling relative bite force [31], inferring caudal fin shape [12], and examining broader patterns of vertebrate size evolution across the middle Paleozoic [32]. Indeed...