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Xiphactinus was a huge, predatory fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It would have been a veracious predator, growing 15-20 feet long. When alive, the fish would have resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon. Fossils of this monster fish can be found in the Smoky Hills Chalk of Kansas. This is a spectacular 10" long, fossil jaw that just arrived and is now posted for sale on FossilEra. Just check out those fangs!

9.7" Monster Fish (Xiphactinus) Jaw - Terror Of The Cretaceous Seas!
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Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:44:58

10.6" Cretaceous Monster Fish (Xiphactinus) Jaw - Kansas

Xiphactinus was a huge, predatory fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It would have been a veracious predator, growing 15-20 feet long. When alive, the fish would have resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon. It appeared in the BBC’s Sea Monsters and National Geographic’s Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure as well as being labelled a “Prehistoric Terror” in River Monsters.

Source https://www.fossilera.com/fossils/10-6-cretaceous-monster-fish-xiphactinus-jaw-kansas

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Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:00:36