Dunkleosteus ruled a restless Devonian ocean, where armor met innovation. Here’s how modern science is rewriting the story of ...

In the middle of the Devonian Period some 385 million years ago, the Wissahickon Schist was the heart of a huge mountain chain that was something like the Pacific Northwest of today.Volcanoes formed ...

About 360 million years ago, a huge armored fish patrolled a shallow sea that once covered what is now Cleveland. This animal, known as Dunkleosteus terrelli, has long held a place among the most ...

Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery--one that is millions of years in the making. A team of paleontologists led by Professor ...

CLEVELAND—About 360 million years ago, the shallow sea above present-day Cleveland was home to a fearsome apex predator: Dunkleosteus terrelli. This 14-foot armored fish ruled the Late Devonian seas ...

Muscle evolution Ancient armoured fish had complex musculature - including abdominal muscles - the discovery of uniquely preserved tissue on Australian placoderm fossils has revealed. The discovery ...

Fearsome fish The jaws of a prehistoric armoured fish were filled with teeth very similar to our own, x-rays have revealed. The study resolves a long-held debate about whether or not placoderms, ...

A few weeks ago, during a trip to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Birch Aquarium, I bumped into a nautilus. More or less. Admittedly there was an aquarium pane and many gallons of water ...

Paleontologists use ancient marine faunas to test long-term changes in our warming oceans. Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery -- ...