Scientists once thought the teeth pointed straight down, like a saber-toothed cat's teeth. Now it is believed the teeth stuck out sideways from the mouth. [5] The salmon's spike teeth grew in size as it transitioned from life in the ocean to fresh water. The salmon bred in fresh water, as Pacific salmon do today. Tooth wear patterns suggest the ...

2024年4月25日 · Weighing up to 400 pounds and measuring more than eight feet long, these hulking creatures—the largest salmon that ever lived—had a pair of long, curved teeth protruding from the top jaw. For...

2024年4月24日 · Initially, they thought the teeth curved downward like those of a saber-toothed cat, leading the common name of "saber-toothed salmon" to be bestowed upon the species. However, a new study...

2024年4月24日 · The eight-foot-long fish was believed to have had two curved teeth jutting down from its upper jaw. But now, a new reconstruction has fundamentally altered the face of this iconic fish, proposing...

But new research, including some striking illustrations by paleoartist Ray Troll, has revealed something new about its prehistoric piscine anatomy: The giant salmon Oncorhynchus rastrosus had a pair of spiked teeth that protruded straight out of the side of its skull, instead of the downward-pointing teeth scientists formerly thought it had.

2016年1月7日 · The saber-toothed salmon that once swam in the region may have been less saber-toothed cat and more tusky warthog. Sharp front teeth gave the saber-toothed nickname to the extinct Oncorhynchus...

2024年4月24日 · An extinct species of giant salmon called Oncorhynchus rastrosus sported a pair of front teeth that projected out from the sides of its mouth like tusks, according to new research.

The gigantic salmon, reaching 2 meters (6.5 ft) in length and weighing just shy of half a ton, had teeth that resembled a saber-toothed cat. Or so they thought. For the first time, two new fossils of Oncorhynchus rastrosus were found with the teeth still attached to the mouth.

2024年4月24日 · Oncorhynchus rastrosus, a giant species of salmon that lived in the North American Pacific Northwest a few million years ago, sported a pair of front teeth that projected out from the sides of...

Oncorhynchus († Smilodonichthys) rastrosus was first named for its incredible premaxillary dentition. Each premaxilla bears an enormous conical tooth, originally reconstructed as canine-like and ventrally directed. However, this giant prehistoric salmon was mistakenly identified as …