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Description

I decided to "redesign " it as it look too fat for my liking now it has a body plan similar to that of a great white shark.

Platybodus Gigas meaning: "wide crooked tooth"
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order : hybodontiforms
Family: megabodontidae <--placeholder
Appearance: 195 Mya
Extinction: 120 Mya

Platybodus G is one of the larger members of megabodontids with females reaching lengths up to 7-9m or 22-32ft and males reaching 6-7m or 20-22ft, It along with Stenobodus were the last of the megabodontids to go extinct, There are currently two species of Platybodus, P.gigas and smaller more gracile morph.

Platybodus teeth along with it's powerful jaws allow it to tackle a large range of food items, its lower teeth allows it to grip on to its prey before being simultaneously torn to shreds and crushed.
This fish spends almost its entirety of its life in deep open ocean only coming inshore to give birth, The young of P.gigas can survive in freshwater but lose this ability once they reach 4m-13ft.

Description

I decided to "redesign " it as it look too fat for my liking now it has a body plan similar to that of a great white shark.

Platybodus Gigas meaning: "wide crooked tooth"
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order : hybodontiforms
Family: megabodontidae <--placeholder
Appearance: 195 Mya
Extinction: 120 Mya

Platybodus G is one of the larger members of megabodontids with females reaching lengths up to 7-9m or 22-32ft and males reaching 6-7m or 20-22ft, It along with Stenobodus were the last of the megabodontids to go extinct, There are currently two species of Platybodus, P.gigas and smaller more gracile morph.

Platybodus teeth along with it's powerful jaws allow it to tackle a large range of food items, its lower teeth allows it to grip on to its prey before being simultaneously torn to shreds and crushed.
This fish spends almost its entirety of its life in deep open ocean only coming inshore to give birth, The young of P.gigas can survive in freshwater but lose this ability once they reach 4m-13ft.