This mouth structure wasn’t an evolutionary relic, however. It was actually a specialized feature that allowed them to thrive. It now appears Dunkleosteus boasted a head and jaw more reminiscent of a ...

Deep beneath Kentucky’s rolling hills, in the dark reaches of Mammoth Cave National Park, paleontologists have unearthed the ...

MAYVILLE, N.D. — A once-in-a-lifetime discovery in rural North Dakota. The fossil remnants of an ancient sea monster. There are many remnants of the ancient past inside Mayville State University: ...

Dunkleosteus used strong muscles, wide opening jaws, and hidden cartilage structures to bite large prey with speed and force.

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Learn about Dunkleosteus, an ancient apex predator that ripped apart large fish with sharp bony blades that lined its mouth.

Who knew that a random beach stroll could lead to the discovery of a long-extinct sea monster? And this is exactly what transpired in this groundbreaking discovery. According to Newsweek, the most ...

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The enormous skull of an ancient sea monster was located on a beach in the county of Dorset in 2022. Paleontologists learned that the bones were of a pliosaur, an apex predator that roamed the ocean ...

Ancient Greek myths of dragons, krakens, and other legendary creatures were inspired by real animals and fossils alike.

The oldest megapredatory pliosaur, Lorrainosaurus, in the ancient Middle Jurassic sea that covered what is to day northern France 170 million years ago. The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient ...