Extinct Bulldog Fish
Length: 14-16 feet
© 1999 Carnegie Museum of Natural History
| Xiphactinus
audax Extinct Bulldog Fish |
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| Fossil
Size: Length: 14-16 feet |
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| Diet: Carnivore | |
| Habitat: Aquatic | |
| When: 144-66 Million Years Ago | |
| Skeletal Features: The gigantic carnivore, Xiphactinus, had long pointed teeth, which it used to catch other fish. One Xiphactinus skeleton fossil has in its belly, the skeleton of a 6 foot fish that it swallowed whole! What a lunch! | |
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© 1999 Carnegie Museum of Natural History |
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