A giant fish that lived around 380 million years ago fed in a similar way to basking sharks, the second-largest living shark in the world today, scientists report.

The Titanichthys, from the class of pre-historic fish called the placoderm, was a suspension-feeder – it captured and ingested food particles suspended in water.

A Titanichthys fossil that was found in the Sahara Desert confirmed the creature had a narrow lower jaw without the sharp edges needed for cutting.

The fossils also showed the creature's jaw wouldn't have supported the mechanical stresses needed to chew and bite.

Titanichthys jaws were less resilient than those of other placoderm species that fed on large or hard-shelled prey during the so-called Devonian period – 140 million years before the first dinosaurs roamed Earth.

'We have found that Titanichthys was very likely to have been a suspension-feeder, showing that its lower jaw was considerably less mechanically robust than those of other placoderm species that fed on large or hard-shelled prey,' said lead author Sam Coatham at the University of Bristol's School of Earth Sciences.

'Consequently, those feeding strategies – common amongst its relatives – would probably have not been available for Titanichthys.'

The Titanichthys genus has long been known as one of the largest animals of the Devonian period, likely exceeding 16 feet (five metres) in length.

While this is less than the length of today's basking shark – which reaches lengths of around 26 feet – both register a lower jaw exceeding 3.2 feet (one metre).

'The lower jaw of Titanichthys we investigated was over three feet long and still slightly incomplete – so it was definitely large,' said Coatham.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8337085/Giant-fish-380-million-years-ago-suspension-feeder.html

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It's easier to believe that a donkey and snake talked than to believe that an animal whose bones you can see lived before us.

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Ok

380 million years........I mean when did the earth came into existence??

Great research findings

Wow
This shows that Sahara desert was once a sea

...dishing out millions of years as if...

Allahu Akbar

Them don come again

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright
All these scientists self

After them don smoke them go begin gather data and do data analysis on wetin we nor send them

The niggarrr below me na werey

I love science. There's always proof for every finding. 380 million years? This is commendable from the team of researchers.

We'll all be sand one day

How were they sure that it's around 380million years ago?
Carbon dating?

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GOFRONT:
380 million years........I mean when did the earth came into existence??

You dey mind them?

(Shouting) Mama caro! mama caro!! go and wash the pot , dem don see the giant fish ooo. Na ancestor of fish ooo

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Waiting for religious clowns to come here and try to disprove this.
If you don't believe that scientists can discover things which dates back to millions of years, but believe that a virgin gave birth to a boy who walked on water and then died, only to wake up three days later and ascend into the sky, then you're a compound fool.

380M what


Hw dem take knw

jasent:
You dey mind them?

Carbon dating has been found to be false and inconsistent.

A penguin in our present time was recently carbon dated and it dated back to millions of years.

Also a fossil was found and different parts of its bones were carbon dated, all parts of the body of this same creature came back with different dates by a wide margin.

There are many other things also that even show the lies of evolution being taught in schools.

The images for the different species of sapiens were mostly drawn off the top of ones head just by looking at a tooth or a small part of a skull.

But you know people especially the so called nairaland atheists don't do their research so they would swallow any deception.

And no one should come up to me with radiometric dating:

Lately, them don dey see plenty things jnside this Sahara desert o. The last time, it's dragon.

U say 380 million years

Does human beings existed then?

380 million years? Scientific scam

Methuselah

See how they call the millions as if na Nigerian politician de in charge. Abeg ee!