Helicoprion

Helicoprion (Spiral Jaw)

7.5m Long

Australia, North America: Alberta Canada, New Mexico, California, Montana, Texas, Utah and Wyoming Asia: China, Japan

Early Permian (270-260 MYA)

Carnivore

Sharks

'''Helicoprion was one of the most confusing of the shark family for it had an unusual way on how to feed on it's meals for it literally had a saw like tooth organ in it's mouth. For a long time many scientists argued on what this animal would have looked like for some were ridicules and others were close to what it would have looked like until a copy of its top jaw bottom jaw and the buzz-saw tooth organ would have made it look very similar to this image. This predator may have only fed though on non-armored fish and the soft parts of species of Belemites and possibly have hunted their in shoals to confuse their victims with their alarming numbers a strategy which still works in today's sharks.'''