Ornithoprion

Translingual thumb|A life reconstruction of Ornithoprion. The hypocercal caudal fin is inspired by living halfbeaks and ballyhoo. Etymology As international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from mul grc:ὄρνις grc:πρίων (compare also en ornitho-); inspired by the animal's vaguely bird-like skull and the saw-like appearance of the teeth in the lower jaw. Proper noun 1 m mul Q21217611 genus family Caseodontidae 1: an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. The only known species, Ornithoprion hertwigi species, lived during the Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian subperiod, which spanned from 315 to 307 million years ago.