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These are some summarized information on several extinct sea creatures....

Giant Orthocone
exists 470 to 440 million years ago
It is a carnivore up to 11metres long
It has no fins and no tail
Along the underside of the cone ran a flexible, fleshy tube
Moved along by forcing water out in the opposite direction to where it wanted to go
It ate fish, arthropods like sea scorpions
Seized its prey using its tentacles and beak-like mouth to rip apart

Liopleurodon
Lived at Mid to Late Jurassic
A marine reptile, 25 metres long
An omnivore cruised silently throught the shallow seas, propelled by its flapping flippers
It was a hunter.
Its long jaws and rows of needle-sharp teeth would have made marine crocodiles, the giant fish Leedsichthys, ichthyosaurs and even other piliosaurs vulnerable to attack..
It could smell its prey from some distance away..
Despite its needs to breathe air, spent its entire life at sea and was unable to leave water
It breeds at a shallower water and may give birth to its young alive..

Stethacanthus
It is a cartiliginous fish of 0.7 to 2 metres long
A carnivore lived 370 to 345 million years ago
Resembled the modern sharks to an extent, except for its outrageous dorsal fin with the shape of an ironing board which found only in males
The top of the fin is covered with rough, tooth-shaped scales that match a patch of skin on the Stethacanthus's mouth
this creature tend to patrol shallow coastal waters on the lookout for food
Ate small fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods
It migrate and return to particular places to mate and give birth
it swim fast but could not quickily enough to evade a hungry Dunkleosteus

Dunkleosteus
Known for its speed, powerful and happy to eat most of the things...
A placoderm fish of 8 to 10 metres
A carnivore which exist at 370 to 360 million years ago
Probably have no predator
It was streamlined and shark-like
Lacked true teeth and had 2 long bony blades that could snap and crush almost anything
Had dark colours on its back and was slivery on its belly
Ate sharks, fish and even creatures of its own kind
Consequently, it suffered from indigestion which is seen at its fossils often associated with regurgitated, semi-digested remains of fish
On of the earliest animal exists as pairs of male and female have to mate physically..
Wow... isn't this creatures frightening??? Well, don't worry...they are extinct... Hope you enjoy!
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