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This paleontological restoration is inaccurate, or its accuracy is disputed.

Reason: Onchopristis has several problems and is too sawfish-like; Cretalamna dorsal fin should be directly above pectoral fins according to Greenfield 2022 (link). Zach Varmitech (talk) 02:39, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

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A scale chart comparing Spinosaurus aegyptiacus with various contemporaneous taxa, and a modern human for scale. S. aegyptiacus formed one of the main connections allowing nutrient flow between the terrestrial & aquatic biomes.

  1. Apertotemporalis baharijensis
  2. Lepidotes sp.
  3. Bawitius bartheli
  4. Polycotylidae incertae sedis
  5. Mawsonia libyca
  6. Neoceratodus africanus
  7. Retodus tuberculatus
  8. Paranogmius doederleini
  9. Onchopristis numidus
  10. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
  11. Schizorhiza stromeri
  12. Squalicorax baharijensis
  13. Cretolamna appendiculata
  14. Asteracanthus aegyptiacus
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Source https://peerj.com/preprints/2470/
Author Artwork by Joschua Knüppe. Article by Jamale Ijouiher.

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current10:07, 25 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 10:07, 25 April 20211,303 × 523 (171 KB)Otodusm...
09:59, 25 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 09:59, 25 April 20211,303 × 523 (171 KB)OtodusmSpinosaurus size.
09:39, 25 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 09:39, 25 April 20211,303 × 523 (174 KB)OtodusmOnchopristis size.
19:57, 10 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 19:57, 10 December 20201,303 × 523 (287 KB)PaleoNeoliticUpdated tail.
15:58, 29 September 2016Thumbnail for version as of 15:58, 29 September 20161,303 × 471 (188 KB)FunkMonk=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |description=A scale chart comparing Spinosaurus aegyptiacus with various contemporaneous taxa. S. aegyptiacus formed one of the main connections allowing nutrient flow between the terrestrial & aquatic biomes. |date...

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