Aequor

The Aequor (aequor infectorem) was a large peioraid which lived in the Great Southern Ocean towards the end of the Quintassic and through the Lothranic periods, when life on Rathnir began to grow huge. It was estimated to be up to 14m long and feast on not only fish but fellow peioraids at the same time, using it's enormous biting force to crush muscle & bone. Aequor infectorem is the more well known genus, and the first to evolve 204 million years ago. It would feast on large shoals of cod and salmon, however would also feast on other peioraids, including aequor ossicor, the second genus that evolved 200 million years ago, much smaller in size at 9m and feasted primarily on tropical fish. For around 7 million years the Aequor was at the top of the food chain, however as time went on, it's prey evolved and slowly became smarter, with many travelling to shallow nurseries or migrating through thin or shallow passages to the Sea of Lothranis. Eventually the Aequor was driven into extinction by lack of food, increased cannibalism & the murderous cousin of the Aequor, Predator Omnibus, murdering thousands of them for sport.

''' Fossils - what have we found? '''

Very little fossil evidence has been found of Aequor, however what we have found is crucial to understanding these animals. A partial jaw was found in Deutzan, Ryzan, and from there scientists managed to figure out that the bite force of aequor infectorem was around 750kg, or 3/4 of a tonne, enough to bite through skin, muscle and bone with ease. A large piece of the spine was unearthed, and was about 2/3 the size of a human head, and a flipper which was about 3m long from end-to-end.