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Published: 2017-07-20 04:38:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 7156; Favourites: 172; Downloads: 14
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Edaphodon fue una quimera gigantesca que vivió durante el Cretácico, sobrevivió a los dinosaurios, y probablemente todavía rondaba los abismos cuando nuestros primeros ancestros homínidos comenzaron a deambular. Al menos una especie alcanzaba un tamaño comparable al del actual gran tiburón blanco. ¡Sin duda un monstruo marino de los más extraños!
Edaphodon was a giant chimera (also known variously as ratfish, spookfish or rabbitfish among others), which lived during the Cretaceous, outlived the dinosaurs, and was probably still roaming the abyss when our hominin ancestors were starting out. At least one species reached a size comparable to today's great white shark. One of the strangest looking sea monsters, no doubt!
Thanks to for letting me know about this awesome fish!
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Comments: 37
A giant chimaera...Planet Earth never ceases to amaze with what it has produced in days gone by
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I had not realized giant chimeras were a thing. I feel so enhanced! Great depiction, too!
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Well, now it turns out that Helicoprion and Edestus were giant chimeras too!
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This is an epic picture and an epicer animal. Although I would like to know exactly which species of Edaphodon was that ginormous.
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E. snowhillensis- apparently recently described.
Thanks btw!
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*googles it* Oooo, Cretaceous Antarctica. Cooool.
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realmente muy raro, ¿que habra comido ese monstruo ?
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Moluscos, crustáceos, cualquier cosa sabrosa del fondo marino. :>
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¿no habra comido algo de mayor tamaño?
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pensaba en rayas, lenguados, quizas tortugas o talvez carroña
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Pues no sería remoto pero su dentadura indica una dieta durofaga más que nada.
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One of the strangest indeed. Nice work overall.
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Chimera already have really unsettling faces, thinking one this big could have ever loomed in the darkness makes me uneasy. Uneasy in a good way, but still, uneasy
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If they managed to survive the KT Extinction and lived up to the days of Early man, think there's a chance that there might be a few still swimming around today, I mean it has a better shot than Megalodon or some Mesozoic sea reptiles like Mosasaur, I mean at least this thing wouldn't be eating the last of the whales....or eating people's wives to be with a side of Pteranodon
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Yea, imagine a rover diving deep down, expecting to find some octopi, sea lilies,sixgills...
When suddenly...
This guy drifts in like a ghost, almost motionless.
The scientists are in awe of the fish.
And then the internet is full of guys saying "meglodan stile liv coz kimeray"
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I imagined literally the same thing!
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Fucking mermaids have a better shot at existing in our oceans than a 60-70ft apex predator someone would have saw by now
That would be a great thing to see on the news, giant prehistoric rabbit fish discovered alive after several million years, getting tired of people getting shot and and shit
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If they were still alive at that time, how did they go extinct? Or are they still alive today...
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They are, but not that big. The ones that are alive today only grow up to a length of around 2 feet, 5 tops.
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I was referring to Edaphodon itself, I know Chimeras are still alive, their one of my favorite fish.
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Oh, sorry. I was talking to the guy who asked how these ones went extinct. I like it.
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I don't think Megalodon looked like that. The chimera is also commonly referred to as the Elephant fish or the Ghost Shark.
And speaking of the Megalodon, and I'm so sorry I keep asking you this, but you should do more sketches of him more often, since they look so realistic and I hate to admit it, but I'm a Megalodon fanboy.
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Really? D: Damn, I always thought Megalodon looked like a giant chimera, silly me...
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*chuckles* What? If you thought Megalodon looked like a giant chimera, then how come every sketch of him from you is depicting him as a giant great white shark?
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I was being sarcastic. I found it ludicrous that you thought I was somehow implying Megalodon looked anything like this. I honestly don´t understand people sometimes...
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I understand. I take people seriously a lot, but I'm getting better.
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Hmm... well we both have trouble to understand people, then. :/
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