Prehistoric Fish Tapestries
Description: Dunkleosteus was a 19.7 foot super-predator that used a lethal combination of suction and a wicked bite to cut through everything unlucky enough to cross it’s path, armor or no. Like many fish living today, D.terrelli most likely would swim close to unsuspecting prey and suck water into it’s mouth along with it’s victim. Instead of teeth, Dunkleosteus possessed a set of bony plates that were an extension of it’s own dermal armor. These places were self sharpening and would shear through most other armored fish with little trouble and was aided by a four-bar linkage mechanism that allowed it to open and close it’s jaws on the top and bottom at incredibly high speeds.
Description: A black and white drawing of a large, furry humanoid figure, identified as Bigfoot, riding atop a Tyrannosaurus Rex. They are positioned in a forest setting with numerous pine trees and rocks. A small body of water with a fish is visible in the foreground. The style is detailed and somewhat realistic.
Description: The coelacanth is a prehistoric fish that was thought to be extinct until one was caught off the South African coast in 1938. The species evolved into its current form about 400 million years ago, surviving several mass extinctions. Coelacanths adults are about 6 feet long, and individuals have a lifespan of over 60 years. Originally drawn for Inktober 2019.
Description: A black and white, woodcut-style graphic depicting a creature resembling Bigfoot riding on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. In the foreground, a fish swims in rippling water. Tall evergreen trees are visible in the background against a solid black sky. The overall composition is a detailed, vintage-inspired scene.
Description: Late in the Devonian, some 382 to 358 million years ago, around the same time when the first vertebrates were crawling their way onto land, a massive predator called the ocean it’s home. The size of a modern day Orca, Dunkleosteus was a fish unlike any alive today. It belonged to a group of fish called placoderms, all of which possessed heavily armored bodies, to combat this Dunkleosteus had a brutal adaptation, instead of teeth, the plate like parts of it’s armored skull extended down into cleaver like blades that self-sharpened every time it shut it’s mouth.
