Specimen Name: Xiphactinus audax
Common Name: Xiphactinus
Specimen Code: 07ACTIN00015
Acquisition Method: Purchased (date unknown)
Locale: Gove County, Kansas, USA
Formation: Smoky Hill Chalk, Niobrara Formation
Geologic Time Period: Late Cretaceous Period
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chordata – Osteichthyes – Actinopterygii – Neopterygii – Osteoglossomorpha – Ichthyodectiformes – Ichthyodectidae – Ichthyodectinae – Xiphactinus – Audax
Description of Each Specimen:
A large, compressed vertebra that is well-preserved despite showing signs of having been crushed prior to petrification
Measurements of Each Specimen:
68mm x 49mm x 30mm
The Fossil Ark 