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Xiphactinus
Xiphactinus
Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 6666 6666 0418 0116 (2018-04-10)

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  • date of photo  Jan 15, 2012
  • location   Christchurch, South Island (New Zealand)
  • notes   Xiphactinus was a large, 15 to 20 feet long predatory bony fish that lived in the Western Interior Sea, over what is now the middle of North America, during the Late Cretaceous. When alive, the fish would have resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon.
  • CalAcademy slide #   Xiphactinus fossil skull 120115 _7005723
  • photo category: Fossil - Vertebrate
  • original filename: Xiphactinus fossil skull 120115 _7005723.jpg

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