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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ancient 'Jaws' had monster bite
(edit: I originally said
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Maverick' risk to science debate which I'm leaving for humor value in my post below)
the article mentions what I was thinking, that Dunkleosteus terrelli might have developed huge jaw strength applied at a point for mollusc shells. It seems like if it attacked armor plates of other fish or arthropods as they also mention, the load would get distributed to the joints, while rigid ceph shells would be crushed by that jaw design. But maybe I'm just prone to seeing ceph-related stuff everywhere.
(edit: I originally said
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Maverick' risk to science debate which I'm leaving for humor value in my post below)
the article mentions what I was thinking, that Dunkleosteus terrelli might have developed huge jaw strength applied at a point for mollusc shells. It seems like if it attacked armor plates of other fish or arthropods as they also mention, the load would get distributed to the joints, while rigid ceph shells would be crushed by that jaw design. But maybe I'm just prone to seeing ceph-related stuff everywhere.