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Xiphactinus

Zif-ack-tih-nus

Overview

Name meaning: Sword Ray

Time Period: Coniacian through to the Maastrichtian ( Late Cretaceous )

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

Taxonomy: ‬Actinopterygii-Osteoglossomorpha-Ichthyodectiformes-‬Ichthyodectidae-Ichthyodectinae

Subspecies: X. ‬audax, ‬X. ‬vetus

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