| Bawitius Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Polypteriformes |
| Family: | Polypteridae |
| Genus: | † Bawitius Grandstaff et al. 2012 |
| Species: | † B. bartheli |
| Binomial name | |
| † Bawitius bartheli Grandstaff et al. 2012 | |
Bawitius is a genus of birchir fish from the Bahariya Formation of late Cretaceous Egypt. This is fish may have been the prey for Spinosaurus. The type species is B. bartheli. It was 3 meters (10 feet) long.