Name: AHB Ancient Creatures – Dunkleosteus – Dunkleosteus terrelli | Figure
Brand: Animal Heavenly Body
SKU: AHB-ANC-03
Price: 40.00 USD
Availability: InStock

AHB Ancient Creatures – Dunkleosteus – Dunkleosteus terrelli | Figure

$40.00

Dunkleosteus — the armored Devonian fish whose jaws were bony blades instead of teeth — reimagined round and olive-green, perched on a coral-crusted reef rock.

Approx. Size: Size to be confirmed
Material: Hand-painted resin
Line: Ancient Creatures

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Animal Heavenly Body

Ancient Creatures

Dunkleosteus

Dunkleosteus terrelli

Dunkleosteus — the armored Devonian fish whose jaws were bony blades instead of teeth — reimagined round and olive-green, perched on a coral-crusted reef rock.

ARMOR-PLATED JAWS · a fish with built-in blades

LivedLate Devonian, ~382–358 million years ago

Where FoundOhio (Cleveland Shale), plus Europe & Morocco

Length~11–13 ft (3.4–4.1 m), revised 2023

SignatureBony jaw blades instead of teeth

DietOther fish — a top predator of its seas

Fun FactIts jaws could open in about 1/50 of a second

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Hand-Painted Detail

Every scale, feather and marking is painted by hand to match the real animal — so detailed up close, so charming on the shelf.

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Ready to Display

A single, sturdy piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its pose, ready to collect and show off.

Long before the first dinosaur, one of the top predators of the sea was a fish in a suit of armor. Dunkleosteus had its head and chest covered in bony plates and its jaws edged with sharp bony blades. Our figure gives it a plump olive coat, a sunny yellow belly and that unmistakable bony ‘fang’ grin.

Blades, Not Teeth

Instead of teeth, Dunkleosteus had bony plates along its jaws that worked like shears. The pointed ‘fangs’ on the figure are part of those plates.

A Lightning-Fast Gape

Biomechanics studies suggest its jaws opened in about 20 milliseconds, pulling prey in before snapping shut with a powerful bite.

Smaller Than We Thought

Older books gave lengths of 6–10 m, but a 2023 study revised typical adults to about 3.4 m (11 ft) — shorter, stockier and still a heavyweight. Our round figure approves.

Named for a Curator

Dunkleosteus means ‘Dunkle’s bone,’ honoring David Dunkle of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Many of the best fossils come from shale along Lake Erie in Ohio.

“Armored, round and ready to chomp.”

Craft & Specifications

Line	Ancient Creatures, by Animal Heavenly Body
Approx. Size	Size to be confirmed
Material	Hand-painted resin
Display	Single figure — ready to display out of the box
SKU	AHB-ANC-03