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Dunkleosteus is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm fish that existed during the Late Devonian period, about 358–382 million years ago. The name Dunkleosteus combines the Greek ὀστέον, osteon, meaning "bone", and Dunkle, in honour of David Dunkle of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

10 Top Dunkleosteus Facts:

1. The Dunkleosteus has 5 cm thick armour.

2. Dunkleosteus has the strongest bite of any animal.

3. Dunkleosteus ate sharks.

4. The first forests were around at the same time.

5. Dunkleosteus was 50 feet long.

6. Dunkleosteus lived in the Devonian Period. The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Palaeozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, 419.2 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, 358.9 Mya. It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied.

7. Dunkleosteus was a cannibal

8. Dunkleosteus had bonnie plats instead of teeth.

9. Dunkleosteus was bigger than the great white shark.

10. Dunkleosteus was on Earth longer than humans.