Protosphyraena
id:
protosphyraena-168-10620100
title:
Protosphyraena
text:
Protosphyraena is a fossil genus of swordfish-like marine fish, that thrived worldwide during the Upper Cretaceous Period (Coniacian-Maastrichtian). Though fossil remains of this taxon have been found in both Europe and Asia, it is perhaps best known from the Smoky Hill Member of the Niobrara Chalk Formation of Kansas. Protosphyraena was a large fish, averaging 2–3 metres in length. Protosphyraena shared the Cretaceous oceans with aquatic reptiles, such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, as well as w
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of fishes
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protosphyraena
date created:
2006-06-13T23:36:37Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T02:54:03Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Protosphyraena_UMMNH.jpg","width":2252,"height":734}
fields total:
13
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