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Summary
This paleontological restoration is inaccurate, or its accuracy is disputed.
Reason: error in anterior lateral plate shape and orientation of median dorsal plate, caudal fin does not take into account spine position, superseded by updated reconstruction in Engelman (2024)
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English: Reconstruction of Dunkleosteus terrelli. Drawing by Russell Engelman.
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Engelman, R.K. A (2023). Devonian Fish Tale: A New Method of Body Length Estimation Suggests Much Smaller Sizes for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira). Diversity 2023, 15, 318. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030318
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