Xiphactinus

Xiphactinus

Zif-ack-tih-nus
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Name meaning: Sword Ray

Time Period: Coniacian to Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) 100.5-66 Mya

Locations: ‬Alabama/‬Georgia/‬Kansas/‬Europe/‬Australia/‬Canada

Taxonomy: ‬Actinopterygii-Osteoglossomorpha-Ichthyodectiformes-‬Ichthyodectidae-Ichthyodectinae

Subspecies: X. ‬audax ‬X. ‬vetus

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Ark Survival Evolved

Hesperornis & Xiphactinus feeding frenzy - [Prehistoric Planet] season 2