Dunkleosteus

Dunkleosteus
Dunkleosteus
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Scientific name
	Dunkleosteus
Period(s)	Frasnian - Famennian
Length	???
Main appearances
	DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue; WW CF NL NH
	Name in other languages ダンクルオステウス; 邓氏鱼; Dunkléostéus; Dunkleosteo; Dunkleosteus; Дунклеостей 둔클레오스테우스; 鄧氏魚; Dunkléostéus; Dunkleosteo; Dunkleosteus; Dunkleosteus

The Dunkleosteus is a stand-alone fossil that can be donated to the museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Donating to the museum

In New Horizons

When the player donates to Blathers or selects "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fossil:

"The dunkleosteus flourished long before the dinosaurs and was a sort of armored fish. Curiously, only fossils for the head and shoulders have been found. We must simply imagine the rest! While its face was rather frightening, I like to picture a cute little tail and perhaps some fluffy paws on its fins. Such speculation is not scientific, of course, and essentially amounts to paleontological fan fiction. I own that."

The Dunkleosteus can be found in the first room of the fossil exhibit in the museum.

As an item

In New Horizons

Dunkleosteus
Interactable	No
Sell price	3,500 Bells
Colors	Gray Brown
Size

Real-world information

Dunkleosteus is a placoderm, or armored fish, from the Late Devonian period. It was the largest placoderm known, with some species reaching nearly 9 meters and weighing 4 tons, making it comparable in size to a female orca and significantly larger than a great white shark. It possessed a powerful jaw, able to open and close within 60 milliseconds and exert a bite force of 6000-7400 N (comparable to that of a T. rex). This has led many to speculate that Dunkleosteus fed on ammonites and other placoderms.

More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.