Dunkleosteus terrelli may have been the world's first apex predator. The force of its bite was remarkably powerful: 11,000 pounds. The bladed dentition of this 400-million-year-old extinct fish ...

Cleveland’s iconic prehistoric sea monster—the 14-foot-long armored fish Dunkleosteus terrelli—just got a lot stranger. This marine apex predator lived some 360 million years ago, had razor-sharp bone ...

For generations, Dunkleosteus terrelli, also known as Ohio’s state fossil fish, has been a familiar figure for those in the Cleveland area, regarded as one of prehistory’s great sea monsters. This ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Deep in the basement of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, they're telling fish stories. "It was this big!" exclaims Dr. Caitlin Colleary, with arms outstretched. The ...

A new study by Case Western Reserve University Ph.D. student Russell Engelman published in PeerJ attempts to address a persistent problem in paleontology—what were the size of Dunkleosteus and other ...

There are plenty of contemporary creatures that inspire fear. For example, the northern green anaconda is the heaviest snake in the world and weighs more than a football player. Should you encounter ...

It was big. It was mean. And it could bite a shark in two. Scientists say Dunkleosteus terrelli might have been "the first king of the beasts." The prehistoric fish was 33 feet long and weighed up to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - An ancient sea creature well known to Clevelanders was far more unusual than previously thought, according to new research by Case Western Reserve University and others. Dunkleosteus ...

is named in honor of Dunkle. The construction of Interstate 71 in the 1960s was a boon to Devonian fossil hunters. The massive earth-moving operation uncovered new specimens unknown to science and ...