Dunkleosteus terrelli by Dinoraul
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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)
Nice work, very realistic!
great underwater scenery - cool pov and lighting!
Excellent underwater mood. Interesting POV, very frightening.
Great model!
Very good light and model.
Brrrr... Scaring... Great render !
wonderful prehistoric render! what a monster that was!
GREAT PIC!
very cool, would not want him grabbing my line when fishing :-) Well a time machine might be required for that :-)
Excellent!
Fantastic!!!
Awesome work!
Fabulous fish - wonderful pov and lighting. Great realism too. I really like this one.
Great underwater render! Wouldn't want to go in the water back then...
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. :-)
It's Really Cool. 5+!
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.
excellent image and writings... My best friend growing up was named Dunkle... I gotta show him this - he loved dinos when he was in grade school.
wonderful detail of scene, excellent
Damn cool!
What a beast, it's awe inspiring to think these magnificent creatures once dwelled beneath the surface, wonderful.
Awesome
Awesome detail in the render. Dana
Excellent!
!!!!!Great!!!!!!!