Helicoprion
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Helicoprion
- Continent
- North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania
- Group
- Fish
- Period
- Permian
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- Medium (3–9 m)
- Moves
- Swims
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its teeth grew in a spiral like a circular saw, and only scans in 2013 showed it sat in the lower jaw.
- It was more closely related to today's ratfish than to sharks.
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Similar creatures
- Megalodon
Otodus megalodon
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q133376 · All prehistoric life · All entries