Xiphactinus vertebral column celebration! One of my favorite #Xiphactinus mounts, this at the Mountain America Museum of Ancient Life in Lehi, Utah. The lighting is top notch, conveying a twilit world fraught with danger, enhanced by the presence of mosasaurs. a large elasmosaur, and a variety of other toothy beasts!. Xiphactinus lived in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of Kansas, but it has been found across the world. Which makes sense for a ferocious, effective predator, look how

Xiphactinus audax was a massive, extinct predatory fish that ruled the seas during the Late Cretaceous (~90–66 million years ago). It patrolled the Western Interior Seaway—a vast, shallow ocean that once split North America in two. Easily one of my all-time favorite specimens, this incredible fossil is now being showcased at the co-op here in Arizona. If you’re in the area, come see it up close—it’s an absolute showstopper. | In Stone Fossils

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