Onchopristis
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| Onchopristis Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous | |
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| Rostral tooth of Onchopristis numidus from the Tegana Formation (Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Kem Kem, Morocco. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Pristiformes |
| Family: | Pristidae |
| Genus: | Onchopristis Stromer, 1917[1] |
Onchopristis is a genus of extinct giant sawfish that lived in the Upper Cretaceous in or near North Africa. It had a long hard shovel-shaped snout lined on both sides with hooked, barbed teeth.
Popular culture
In the first episode of Planet Dinosaur, Onchopristis is depicted being anadromous, in that it lived in the sea and swam up rivers to breed like modern salmon, while also making it vulnerable to the fish-eating Spinosaurus
References
- ↑ Stromer, Ernst. (1917) Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 4: Die Säge des Pristiden Onchopristis numidus Haug sp. und über die Sägen der Sägehaie. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Math.-naturwiss. Abt., N.F., 28 (8): 28 p., 1 pl.
- Dutheil, D.B., Brito, P.M., 2009. Articulated cranium of Onchopristis numidus (Sclerorhynchidae, Elasmobranchii) from the Kem Kem Beds, Morocco. In: Jalil, N.-E. (Ed.), 1st International Congress on North African Vertebrate Palaeontology, Program & Abstracts, Marrakech, 25–27 May 2009, p. 66.
- Haug, E. Paléontologie. Documents Scientifiques de la mission saharienne (mission Foureau-Lamy). Publications de la Société de Géographie, p. 751-832
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