Onchopristis

Onchopristis Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Teeth of Onchopristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Pristiformes
Family:	Pristidae
Genus:	Onchopristis Stromer, 1917

Onchopristis was a genus of 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. This however would make it vulnerable to the fish-eating Spinosaurus.

External links

• http://www.paleodirect.com/mv17-008.htm

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