Long before sharks became the ocean’s top predators, another jaw-dropping creature dominated the seas — Dunkleosteus. With armor-plated jaws and a bite strong enough to crush bone, it was one of the...
Placoderms: The Armored Pioneers of Prehistoric Seas
Before sharks ruled the oceans, before dinosaurs stomped the Earth, there was a group of strange, armored fish that dominated the underwater world: placoderms.
These early...
Before sharks grew rows of jagged teeth and reputations for hunting surfboards, there was Cladoselache — a sleek, fast-swimming predator that ruled Earth’s oceans over 370 million years ago.
Cladoselache wasn’t big or terrifying by...
