Leedsicthies

[SWGNATE]

So...if leedsicthyies were back from the Jurassic, do you think they would put them on display???

aquariums house whale sharks...so why not?

if you could house a now extinct fish what would it be???

Stats:
Era: jurassic
Length: 56-70 feet
diet: planktonivore/filter feeder
Family : pachychromids
Predators: Leiopluredon, Pliosaurus, Metriorynchus

 

[wantokeeptrout]

interesting thread idea, i've got a few

Dunkleosteus terelli

Devonian
up to 20 ft long
hypocarnivore
placodont
predators, none


anomalocaris

cambrian
size, up to 1-2 metres
diet, smaller invertebrates
anomalocaridid
predators, other anomalocaris, laggania

protosphyraena ferox

cretaceous
up to 3 metres
predator, feeds on other fish
predators: mosasaurs, xiphactinus, tusoteuthis, cretoxyrhina
family, pachychromids

Edestus gigantus

size; up to 10 ft
carboniferous - permian
diet: unknown
family; edestade
predators: helicoprion