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Specimen #: F.76.05.06
Collection: Osteichthyes > Fish, Xiphactinus
Status: stored
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Description
Vertebrae (9)
Measurements (4.5 x 3.3 x 3.5 cm)
Rough measurements were made using a hand held ruler, not a set of calipers. The above rough measurements are for the single larger vertebra only.
Details
| Common Name: | Fish, Xiphactinus |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Osteichthyes |
| Order: | Ichthyodectiformes |
| Family: | Ichthyodectidae |
| Genus: | Xiphactinus |
| Species: | audax |
| Geo Period: | Cretaceous |
| Epoch: | Campanian |
| Formation: | Pierre Shale |
| Member: | Pembina |
| Current Location: | Manitoba Escarpment |
| Credit: | Joseph Hatcher, Anita-Maria Janzic, Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Henry Isaak, Don Bell |
Current Condition
Unknown