Stethacanthus - Prehistoric Anvil Shark

During the late Devonian to the late Carboniferous period, a remarkable shark like fish with a dorsal fin resembling an anvil swam the oceans for an astounding 83 million years. This fascinating creature, known as Stethacanthus, sported a unique bony plate atop its head. Dive into the intriguing world of Stethacanthus and its unusual paleoecology in this video.

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. Thanks for a good video, stethacanthus is one of my favorite prehistoric shark relatives.
It would be really cool to find out exactly why they have the weird anvil fins rather than just having to guess, maybe by finding a fossil similar to the protoceratops and velociraptor someday.

[possumnotopossum]

If you take one of those and a hammerhead shark, would you get a swordfish?