Got Bite? Prehistoric Fish Weilded Some Powerful Jaws

The armor-plated Dunkleosteus jagged jaws might have put primitive sharks to shame back in prehistoric days. Scientists tested the fish's jaw strength at the Field Museum in Chicago and the University of Chicago using a biomechanical model to simulate it's jaws.

The thirty three feet long, four-ton monster terrorized other marine life in the Devonian Period spanning 415 million to 360 million years ago. Using two long, bony blades in its mouth Dunkleosteus snapped and crushed nearly any creature in its path.

Seems like this prehistoric wonder gave JAWS a whole new meaning.

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