New Devonian predatory fish

Adam Khor · 15-09-2011 5:23pm #1

It was the size of a man, had a permanent "evil grin" on its face and was found in the Arctic; it has been called Laccognathus embryi, and coexisted with famous Tiktaalik.

Cool looking critter

Galvasean · 15-09-2011 6:00pm

The skull actually looks like it's laughing!

Rubecula · 16-09-2011 3:51pm

Probably being told fishy jokes does that to it.

Interesting looking creature isn't it. I like the way it is pictured in shallow water too. Do we know if that was in fact how it lived?

Galvasean · 16-09-2011 5:41pm

According to Wiki it was first described in 1941. I'm guessing from fragmentary remains.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccognathus

Adam Khor · 16-09-2011 8:26pm

Rubecula wrote: »

Probably being told fishy jokes does that to it.

Interesting looking creature isn't it. I like the way it is pictured in shallow water too. Do we know if that was in fact how it lived?

It makes sense- Tiktaalik was found in the same site, and it was probably not living in deep water.

SvenLittkowski · 17-09-2011 12:14am

I would like to know more, like who found the fossils, where exactly, and what the exact age of the fossil is.

Allosaur · 30-09-2011 1:05pm

Rubecula wrote: »

Probably being told fishy jokes does that to it.

Interesting looking creature isn't it. I like the way it is pictured in shallow water too. Do we know if that was in fact how it lived?

I'd imagine that it filled a similar niche as the modern Catfish. Slow moving rivers, lakes and ponds. Still, dark shallow. That kind of thing.

Galvasean · 30-09-2011 3:06pm

SvenLittkowski wrote: »

I would like to know more, like who found the fossils, where exactly, and what the exact age of the fossil is.

Apparently a different species of Laccognathus has been known since 1941. More information below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccognathus

New Devonian predatory fish

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