Body length6 m
1.5High jump bar lengths
4.29Foosball tables
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Dunkleosteus
A 6-meter armored fish with the strongest bite of the Devonian/Dinosaurs & Extinct Animals
Dunkleosteus terrelli was a placoderm (armored fish) that lived about 382 to 358 million years ago during the Late Devonian period. It grew to about 6 meters long and weighed an estimated 1,000 kg. Instead of teeth, it had sharp bony plates that could generate a bite force of about 6,000 newtons, among the most powerful of any fish. Its head and thorax were covered in thick bony armor. Dunkleosteus was an apex predator of the Devonian seas, often called the 'Age of Fishes.'
Measurements
Body mass1,000 kg
333 billionFruit fly eggs
86,957AAA batteries
3.7 tenthsBlue whale tongues
Bite force6,000 N
6,000Fridge magnets
600 millionSand grain weights
300Door closers
Skull length6.5 tenths m
3.8 thousandthsWashington Monument heights
2.7 tenthsCorn stalk heights
1.35Office chair heights
Armor plate thickness5 hundredths m
20.8 billionElectron wavelengths
864 quadrillionthsMercury orbit radii
Age of fossils11.7 quadrillion s
11.7 quintillionCamera shutters
941 billionLOTR extended editions
About 370 million years