Top 10 Marine Predators

Top 10 Marine Predators This is a subjective ranking of several representatives of different clades of marine predators, based on criteria of size, ferocity, dominance, evolutionary success, intelligence, speed and strength. It shows only my opinion, so your personal list probably looks different. 10. Cretoxyrhina mantelli A lamniform elasmobranch that lived during the middle Cretaceous Cenomanian and Santonian periods. It reached a length of 9m and a weight of 6t. [img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y6hheLph90I/UbnH48Fzd_I/AAAAAAAAAOc/aT9B2DNF8_8/s640/blogger-image-327855515.jpg[/img] 9. Dunkleosteus terelli An arthrodian placoderm that lived during the Devonian period. It reached a length of 10m and a weight of 6-9t. [img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0g17NtOotV4/UbnIB8uEc2I/AAAAAAAAAPc/cJP5Zg9Bg-4/s640/blogger-image-1689685748.jpg[/img] [img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--aG1A0fxDuc/UbnII0RrrwI/AAAAAAAAAQU/-p_LeqP5_Ps/s640/blogger-image--1585023912.jpg[/img] [img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h4KcdTvxSnw/UbnH2jb3R3I/AAAAAAAAAOE/VE-i0D-W8GA/s640/blogger-image-1249460741.jpg[/img] 8. Basilosaurus cetoides An archaeoocete cetacean that lived during the eocene period. It reached a length of 25m and a weight of 40t. [img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a8brAiPGgkc/UbnH6yU_Y1I/AAAAAAAAAO0/2HfLfZ3wajE/s640/blogger-image-17335525.jpg[/img] 7. Mosasaurus hotmanni A mosasaurian squamate that lived during the late cretaceous maastrichtian period. It reached a length of 18m and a weight of 20t. [img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9ImqDp7g0jI/UbnHyfK3HVI/AAAAAAAAAN0/RjwYIi8_M0k/s640/blogger-image-406575134.jpg[/img] 6. Temnodontosaurus/unnamed lower jurassic ichthyosaur An euichthosaurian ichthyopterygian that lived during the lower Jurassic Hettangian to Toarcian periods. It reached a length of 13-18(?)m and a weight of 30-50t. 5. Monster of Aramberri A pliosaurian sauropterygian that lived during the upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian period. It reached a length of 16m and a weight of 30t but being a subadult or young adult of a species that kept growing its whole lifetime, it might have grown even bigger. [img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ij8bUurSJRU/UbnHxoch2xI/AAAAAAAAANs/kkQPbGZtkGE/s640/blogger-image-1687545546.jpg[/img] 4. Pliosaurus macromerus A pliosaurian sauropterygian that lived during the upper Jurassis Kimmeridgian period. It reached a length of 18m and a weight of 40t. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kbFZBYH2g0g/UbnIFAygCNI/AAAAAAAAAPs/Fpy4xU5caoQ/s640/blogger-image-1799107698.jpg 3. Orcinus orca An odontocete cetacean that lives during the Quarternary period. It reaches a length of 10m and a weight of 10t. [img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PEy8bXKVk1U/UbnIIIws5VI/AAAAAAAAAQM/0UU0w1hhhDs/s640/blogger-image--823013275.jpg[/img] [img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-usqSmp5QHg0/UbnIEGbUiEI/AAAAAAAAAPk/WfJGGk-JTsg/s640/blogger-image-1394231591.jpg[/img] [img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-trtemt_b9D0/UbnHq6P8gOI/AAAAAAAAAMc/SqNuDBh7UII/s640/blogger-image--1618412610.jpg[/img] 2. Livyatan melvillei An odontocete cetacean that lived during the Miocene period. It reached a length of 18-20m and a weight of 50-85t. [img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k45h0-BzlRk/UbnHo8TOFPI/AAAAAAAAAME/Abw-OW5NFFg/s640/blogger-image-1097274225.jpg[/img] [img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DzIfVNsYea4/UbnHtKR7MGI/AAAAAAAAAM8/Sq01_UnK9Rs/s640/blogger-image-14520828.jpg[/img] [img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e4VtjqfU200/UbnHvfPf3_I/AAAAAAAAANU/CP0u17a2MG4/s640/blogger-image-894774323.jpg[/img] 1. Carcharocles megalodon A lamniform elasmobranch that lived during the entire Neogene period. It reached a length of 20m and a weight of 80-90t. [img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5RUzdYMh-e8/UbnIABHi9CI/AAAAAAAAAPM/KD5JkW1WiKA/s640/blogger-image--154775713.jpg[/img] [img]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9hFoQxNJCuw/UbnIfnfSh3I/AAAAAAAAAQk/4efs7mIhTWA/s640/blogger-image-1516946284.jpg[/img] [img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rG4B-2XPVKw/UbnHmPGxWVI/AAAAAAAAALk/6-DALhH3Zi8/s640/blogger-image--1021989002.jpg[/img] Honorable mentions: Physeter macrocephalus An odontocete cetacean that lives during the Quarternary period. It reaches a length of 16-26m and a weight of 56-90t. It was excluded due to being primarily a squid eater. [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QSXlh43B5cg/TYx5IRePuEI/AAAAAAAAAP4/NlxQWOJUxco/s1600/sperm-whale.jpg[/img] Carcharodon carcharias A lamniform elasmobranch that lives during the Quarternary period. It reaches a length of 6-7m and a weight of 3t. It was excluded due to the limited number of spots on the list. [img]http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/great-white-shark-1.jpg[/img] Brygmophyseter A odontocete cetacean that lived during the Miocene period. It reached a length of 7-12m and a weight of 4-12t. It was excluded because I didn't remember it until I finished the list, and by then I couldn't find a place to fit it. Other exclusions were Otodus, C. chubutensis, Kronosaurus, Predator X, Megalneusaurus, Simolestes, Hainosaurus, Tylosaurus and Prognathodon. They were excluded because other more deadly members of their families occupied the list. Shonisaurus popularis and Shastasaurus sikanniensis were also excluded, mainly because they were giant but generally harmless squid suckers like the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). See the outdated video version [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1b_bU9I6s]here[/url], with some slight differences.