Do you have a reference for that claim? None of the things I just read about those glyphs mention that, but I was skimming.
Indian oral traditions describe Mishipishu has having a sawblade back
So if they "knew" it had a sawblade back, why did they draw it wrong?
Vine DeLorias Red Earth, White Lies
I see he further claims the creature "had one eye and in the middle of its forehead was one horn." Not many animals outside mythology have only one eye.
That's from one of the temple columns at Angkor...