Dunkleosteus was a massive armored fish that ruled the Devonian seas over 358 million years ago. With powerful, self-sharpening jaws and an immense bite force, it was one of the most fearsome ...

This fish, measuring up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) long, is the largest bony fish on record from the Late Devonian (383 million to 359 million years ago) and was predatory, prompting researchers to ...

A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51238-4 Cite This Page : ...

The now-extinct Tiktaalik lived during the Devonian period (aka the Age of Fishes) of the Paleozoic geological era. It may not be as sexy as the age of dinosaurs’ Mesozoic era, which came much later, ...

An artist’s reconstruction of Alienacanthus, a Devonian Period fish that has been a mystery since its discovery in Poland in 1957. Scientists say its pointed teeth were suitable to grasp live prey.

Sometimes fossil hunters could even stumble upon Devonian fish like the Dunkleosteous, a armored fish that was 10 meters long! By looking at the rock layers, ...

Early Devonian fish tell a new story of how humans got their chompers. Menu. Teeth time. 400-million-year-old fish reveals new clues to how humans got teeth ...

The Tristichopterids, along with many other species of lobe-finned and armor-plated fish, “went extinct in the End Devonian Mass Extinction event 358.9 million years ago—the second of the big ...

A team of Australian scientists has discovered the world's oldest heart, part of the fossilized remains of an armored fish that died some 380 million years ago.The fish also had a fossilized ...

Sarcopterygians differ from other types of fish in several important ways. For example, our fins (limbs) have bony supports and muscular lobes that allow us to move on land.. This adaptation is ...

On the sidewalks of Inverness, remnants of ancient fish from the Devonian period have been spotted by a keen eye. Their discovery casts new light on the geological history of this Scottish region.