Xiphactinus was one of the largest bony fish of the Late Cretaceous and is considered one of the fiercest creatures in the sea. A powerful tail and winglike pectoral fins shot the 17-foot-long ...

Ark Survival Ascended brings in a Xiphactinus that players can tame and ride. Taming creatures in the game can help you farm, fight, and traverse the landscape more effectively. While Ark frequently ...

Nebraska’s Hastings Museum recently commissioned Staab Studios to build a model of a bony prehistoric predator from the genus Xiphactinus. Staab helpfully recorded their progress sculpting this beast ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, divisive remaster Ark Survival Ascended introduces yet another member of the beloved Ark Additions mod collection to the official core game ...

The Ark: Additions Integration Creatures mod for Ark Survival Ascended is loaded with various new creatures that roam the primordial world of the Ark universe. These creatures are ruthless, vicious, ...

This isn't your grandpa's fishing tale -- this whopper is real. OK, the fish, known as a Xiphactinus, may have been dead for about 88 million years, so it didn't put up much of a fight. And it can't ...

Fossil hunter Alan Detrich hopes to put a sea monster in the Statehouse. For Kansas' 150th birthday in January 2011, Detrich is willing to donate to the state a fossil of either a Xiphactinus or a ...

Alan Detrich has offered to give the state a giant fossil fish he says is worth $10 million. But he said he’s growing frustrated by the fishy politics his proposal has inspired in Topeka, and he might ...

A reconstruction of Xiphactinus at the Museum of Ancient Life in Utah. Brian Switek is a freelance science writer and a paleontology volunteer with the Natural History Museum of Utah. He is also ...

Object Details Collector J. K. Prather Geologic Age Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Late - Turonian Record Last Modified 17 Oct 2024 Skeletal Morphology Skull element, partial maxilla Stratigraphy Eagle Ford ...

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