A new study by Case Western Reserve University PhD student Russell Engelman published in PeerJ Life & Environment attempts to address a persistent problem in paleontology – what were the size of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Deep in the basement of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, they're telling fish stories. "It was this big!" exclaims Dr. Caitlin Colleary, with arms outstretched. The ...

A fossil fish called Dunkleosteus was less svelte shark and more rotund tuna, but that only made it a fiercer predator in the seas of the Devonian Period. By Jack Tamisiea With a bite that could split ...

Case Western Reserve University scientist PhD student applies new calculations to reveal downsizing and chunky details about species from Devonian Period About 360 million years ago, in the shallow ...

It lived during the Age of the Fishes and was Earth's first vertebrate 'superpredator'. But it appears that scientists may have made some incorrect assumptions about the size and shark-like shape of ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It seems that last being alive about 360 million years ago doesn’t make something safe from downsizing. A student pursuing a doctorate in biology at Case Western Reserve University ...

You probably know that we have a state bird and a state flower and a state tree. You might know that we also have a state invertebrate fossil. No, it is not THE trilobite — there is no such thing.

Move over, Smokey Bear – the Ohio State Fairgrounds could soon be home to another, more historic icon. A life-size sculpture of a prehistoric fish is planned for the Ohio Department of Natural ...

For generations, Dunkleosteus terrelli, also known as Ohio’s state fossil fish, has been a familiar figure for those in the Cleveland area, regarded as one of prehistory’s great sea monsters. This ...

CLEVELAND—About 360 million years ago, in the shallow subtropical waters above what is now the city of Cleveland, an armor-plated fish many believed to be up to 30 feet long ruled the seas. The ...

A big fish story? Maybe so: The greatest sea monster of the Devonian Period (Dunkleosteus terrelli) may be getting downsized. A new article contents that the famous sea monster of the Age of Fishes ...