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Extinct species

Xiphactinus audax

Xiphactinus audax (Leidy, 1870)

Xiphactinus audax, photo by Fishboy86164577
Photo: Fishboy86164577·source·CC BY-SA 4.0

Taxonomy

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Ichthyodectiformes
family
Ichthyodectidae
genus
Xiphactinus
species
Xiphactinus audax

Where and when

Range
Central North America
Habitat
Warm marine waters of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway.
Lived
Late Cretaceous · about 100–72 million years ago

Facts

  • Predator: Xiphactinus was a large predatory bony fish that lived in the Cretaceous seas covering central North America.

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  • Fossil record: Its fossils occur in marine deposits of the Western Interior Seaway, which extended across the middle of North America.

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