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Xiphactinus audax fossil on exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.

The "X-Fish" was a 15 to 20 foot long predatory marine bony fish that lived 100 to 60 million years ago. It resembled a gargantuan, fanged tarpon. It was first identified by Edward Drinker Cope in 1871.

This fossil was found in the Niobara Chalk formation in Kansas, but the specific location and date are irritatingly not provided by the museum.
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Author Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

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