Dunkleosteus<\/b><\/i> is an extinct genus of large arthrodire \u00a0(“jointed-neck”) fish that existed during the Late Devonian period. It was a pelagic fish inhabiting open waters, and one of the first apex predators of any ecosystem. Dunkleosteus<\/i> could quickly open and close its jaw, creating suction like modern-day suction feeders, and had a bite force that is considered the highest of any living or fossil fish, and among the highest of any animal.\u00a0 Fossils of Dunkleosteus<\/i> have been found in North America, Poland, Belgium and Morocco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dunkleosteus is an extinct genus of large arthrodire \u00a0(“jointed-neck”) fish that existed during the Late Devonian period. It was a pelagic fish inhabiting open waters, and one of the first apex predators of any ecosystem. Dunkleosteus could quickly open and close its jaw, creating suction like modern-day suction feeders, and had a bite force that… Read More »Dunkleosteus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15,43],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1374","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all","7":"product_cat-dinosaurs-ancient-creatures","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1374"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1374"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}