The most powerful jaws of any fish that ever lived

[Killerhap]

Don't get too excited, it's sadly long dead, but I figured that all of you would still get a kick of reading about the baddest Monster Fish that ever lived!

Some quotes:

The Chicago researchers found that it could tear apart its food with a force of 500kg per 2.5cm.

Only Tyrannosaurus rex had more powerful jaws, experts believe.

"This thing was capable of biting anything it came across in half," said study co-author Mark Westneat, associate curator of zoology, fish evolution and biomechanics at the Field Museum.

Read the article here: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20843388-953,00.html

 

[Euge]

yeah saw this in todays news paper. pretty crazy. was something like 33ft long

 

[fishnutham]

predecessor to the pirahna maybe.. too cool

 

[ewurm]

That thing is crazy.

 

[sje106]

It had stringer jaws than T-Rex it said in the paper i read!! a human was stronger than a labrodor too!!

 

[Oddball]

Here's a mounted fossil skull of a Dunkleosteus in Chicago. Supporting the armored head is 2" steel pipe.

 

[WhiteLineRacer]

Evil looking brute

 

[ROSS]

That skull is wicked .. the blade like teeth I would'nt doubt the ability to trace lineage to fish like snakehead's or aimara ... even though they show it as a kind of shark looking fish..

 

[FishSkins]

Here's a mounted fossil skull of a Dunkleosteus in Chicago. Supporting the armored head is 2" steel pipe.

thanks oddball... thats was better than the paper

 

[Tongue33]

THanks for the new AVATAR