Xiphactinus
id:
xiphactinus-181-12523319
title:
Xiphactinus
text:
Xiphactinus, colloquially referred to as the X-fish, is an extinct genus of large predatory marine bony fish that lived during the late Albian to the late Maastrichtian. The genus grew up to 5–6 metres (16–20 ft) in length, and superficially resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon. The species Portheus molossus described by Cope is a junior synonym of X. audax. Skeletal remains of Xiphactinus have come from the Carlile Shale and Greenhorn Limestone of Kansas, and Cretaceous formations all over the
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of fishes
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiphactinus
date created:
2005-06-19T06:16:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T23:37:46Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q131444","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131444"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Xiphactinus_AMNH.jpg","width":1798,"height":1184}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16