Extinct animals size

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(01-31-2020, 04:27 PM)Catherine Wrote: Seventy feet! That is one large ichthyosaur.

There are new findings bigger than that and it was mentioned that they challenge the blue whale in size, however most likely that is not the case as it seems. They might get closer to the length of the blue whale but not weight.




Dunkleosteus was perhaps one of the world's first apex predator. It was one of the baddest, meanest fish, had one of the most powerful bite of any fish. Instead of teeth, it possessed two pairs of sharp bony plates which formed a beak-like structure. This heavily armored fish had a bite force of 6,000 to 7,400 N (1,350 to 1,660 lbf). This scary monster could eat just about anything. The largest species of dunkleosteus was about 6 - 7 m (20 - 23ft) in length or more. It was arguably the first king of the beasts.

Fossils have been found in in Belgium, Poland, Morocco and North America.