Helicoprion was not a buzzsaw predecessor to great white or tiger sharks. The fish belonged to the lineage one branch over, near the evolutionary split where the ancestors of living sharks and ...

A new specimen of Helicoprion Karpinsky, 1899 from Kazakhstanian Cisurals and a new reconstruction of its tooth whorl position and function Acta Zoologica, 90, 171-182 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395. ...

The Ark Survival Ascended Helicoprion gets an official update, and this new shark’s terrifying appearance belies a great ...

The Helicoprion, a 20-foot-long carnivorous fish that lived 270 million years, probably fed mostly on prehistoric cephalopods, or relatives to today’s squid and octopus, according to Switek.

The first fossil finds of Helicoprion and related species were made in the 19th century. They were shaped like the remains of ammonoids, spiral-shelled marine mollusks.

"Helicoprion looked a lot like a big-bodied modern shark, but it had a very unusual mouth,” Tapanila said. "An arc of 15 to 18 serrated teeth were exposed in the center of its lower jaw, and it ...

Helicoprion's appearance has long mystified scientists because no one could work out how these teeth, which resemble a spiral saw blade, fit into it. Geoscientist Prof Tapanila said: 'New CT ...

As a result, Troll began working with paleontologist Leif Tapanila, who used used CT scans to image a whole skull of a Helicoprion—revealing that the buzzsaw shape was actually part of its lower ...

This helicoprion fossil can be found on the mezzanine level of the Keck Museum in case number 62. Mineral Monday is a weekly video series exploring the many amazing minerals, fossils, and historic ...

The Helicoprion is one of the strangest sharks to ever swim the seas - known for its bizarre buzz saw jaw. In this video, we explore the mystery behind this prehistoric predator, how its spiral of ...

A new specimen of Helicoprion Karpinsky, 1899 from Kazakhstanian Cisurals and a new reconstruction of its tooth whorl position and function Acta Zoologica, 90, 171-182 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395. ...