Dunkleosteus terrelli by Dinoraul

Vue • Animals • posted on Aug 01, 2009

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Description

Dunkleosteus ("Dunkle's Bone") is a prehistoric fish, one of the largest placoderms ever to have lived, existing during the Late Devonian period, about 380-360 million years ago. This hunter measuring up to 10 metres (33 ft) and weighing 3.6 tonnes, was an active predator. The Placodermi first appeared in the Silurian, and the group became extinct during the transition from the Devonian to the Carboniferous, leaving no descendants. Numerous fossils of some species have been found in North America, Poland, Belgium and Morocco. Due to its heavily armoured nature, Dunkleosteus was likely a relatively slow swimmer. It is presumed to have dwelled in diverse zones of inshore waters. Fossilization tends to have preserved only the armoured frontal sections of specimens, and thus it is uncertain what exactly the hind part of this fish were like.

Comments (25)

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thefixer

11:02AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Nice work, very realistic!

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necrophage

11:04AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

great underwater scenery - cool pov and lighting!

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1402dandoy

11:07AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Excellent underwater mood. Interesting POV, very frightening.

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kenwas

11:07AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Great model!

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ragouc

11:09AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Very good light and model.

atlas7

11:49AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Brrrr... Scaring... Great render !

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blankfrancine Online Now!

11:55AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

wonderful prehistoric render! what a monster that was!

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rikomortis

12:03PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

GREAT PIC!

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mapps

12:28PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

very cool, would not want him grabbing my line when fishing :-) Well a time machine might be required for that :-)

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DarkStormCrow

12:38PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Excellent!

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tiff666

12:40PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Fantastic!!!

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Forevernyt

1:19PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Awesome work!

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scifibabe

1:41PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Fabulous fish - wonderful pov and lighting. Great realism too. I really like this one.

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geirla

1:47PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Great underwater render! Wouldn't want to go in the water back then...

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RETIRED

2:03PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Supremely well done. Recent TV program about that extremely fascinating fish. It would be an interesting fish to try to catch - depth charges or torpedeos maybe? Thanks for sharing. :-)

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Fidelity2

2:22PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

It's Really Cool. 5+!

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Winterclaw

2:54PM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Nice fish. Reminds me of something you could make in the old SNES game EVO. The rear portion of the fish was probably something like sharks, whales, and other sea-animals of that size were.

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