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Skeletal remains of
Xiphactinus have come from the
Carlile Shale and
Greenhorn Limestone of
Kansas (where the
first Xiphactinus fossil was discovered...
- fish
Xiphactinus audax with the
skeleton of
another bony fish,
Gillicus arcuatus inside the
larger one.
Another excellent skeleton of
Xiphactinus audax...
- 13-foot-long
Xiphactinus containing,
below the ribs, a 6-foot-long fish, a Gillicus,
which took up
about half of the
length of the
Xiphactinus,
killing it...
- was also a filter-feeder.
Gillicus was also
eaten by its own relative,
Xiphactinus. One
particular 13 foot (4.0 m) long
fossil specimen contains a nearly...
- fed on
small particles.
There is
evidence that at
least one species,
Xiphactinus audax, may have been
endothermic ("warm-blooded"). The
basal phylogeny...
- and
consists of a
partial vertebral column with
skeletal remains of a
Xiphactinus as
stomach contents and
partial jaws with
about 150
teeth visible. This...
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including Pachyrhizodus, Enchodus, and the m****ive 5-metre (16 ft) long
Xiphactinus,
larger than any
modern bony fish.
Other sea life
included invertebrates...
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specimen found with the
stomach stuffed with the
extinct herring Xyne grex)
Xiphactinus (a 4-meter-long
specimen was
found with a
perfectly preserved skeleton...
- to the sea,
bitten off by some
large predator such as a
mosasaur or a
Xiphactinus, or was
crushed off by
larger adults while herding on the s****. However...
- R.; Stewart, J. D.; Williams, G. Dent (1997). "
Xiphactinus vetus and the
Distribution of
Xiphactinus Species in the
Eastern United States".
Journal of...
