- Title, side A
- Jay Terrell and his "Terrible Fish"
- Text, side A
- Around 1867, along the shale cliffs of the lakeshore of Sheffield Lake, Jay Terrell found fossils of a "terrible fish" later named in his honor as Dinichthys Terrelli. This animal, now known as Dunkleosteus terrelli, was a massive arthrodire (an extinct, joint-necked, armor-plated fish) that lived in the Devonian sea, which covered much of eastern North America some 354-364 million years ago. Dunkleosteus was armed with an incredible set of shearing jaws and was clearly the top marine predator in the Devonian Period (the "Age of Fishes").
- Sponsors
- Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Sheffield Lake Park Board, and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- Lake Road (US 6)
Sheffield Lake, OH 44054 - Location
- Shell Cove Park, Lake Road (US 6)
- Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.4953000, Longitude: -82.0885500.
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