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Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth, just like a warthog's
With no visual means of identifying the position of the teeth in the skull, investigators, knowing that modern Pacific salmon have downward-facing teeth, inferred O. rastrosus did, too.
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These Massive, Extinct Salmon Had Spiky Teeth Like a Warthog's Tusks
the upper jaw bones and long teeth were separated from the rest of the skull. Scientists inferred the teeth had pointed down, so they nicknamed the creatures “saber-toothed salmon.” ...