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Xiphactinus audax

Maya Juman · 2017 · Vertebrate Paleontology specimen photograph (FossilSpecimen)

From the collection of Yale Peabody Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Geological context: Cretaceous, Niobrara Fm. Collection locality: Trego County, Kansas, USA. Collected by B. F. Mudge & party (Yale 1875 Kansas Expedition), B. F. Mudge & party (Yale 1875 Kansas Expedition), 1875. Maxilla and mandible fragments, skull? fragments, orbital fragments.; VP number 42572; lot count 1; accn=YPM.00719; associatedwith=from same drawer: VP.042569,from same drawer: VP.042570.

Yale Peabody Museum’s own description

Subjects

Vertebrate Paleontology FossilSpecimen Animalia Chordata Actinopterygii Ichthyodectiformes Ichthyodectidae Xiphactinus ray-finned fishes vertebrates chordates animals

Credit lineXiphactinus audax (YPM VP 042572). Photograph by Maya Juman. Yale Peabody Museum, Vertebrate Paleontology. CC0.

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