3" Cretaceous Fossil Fish (Xiphactinus) Vertebra - Kansas

This is a 3.0" fossil fish (Xiphactinus) vertebra from the Smoky Hill Chalk, Gove County, Kansas. It is a well preserved, showing anatomical structures.

The Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Chalk formation is a Cretaceous conservation Lagerstätte, or fossil-rich geological formation, known primarily for its exceptionally well-preserved marine reptiles. It outcrops in parts of northwest Kansas--its most famous localities for fossils--and in southeastern Nebraska. Large, well-known fossils excavated from the Smoky Hill Chalk include marine reptiles such as plesiosaurs, large bony fish such as Xiphactinus, mosasaurs, pterosaurs, and turtles.
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SPECIES
Xiphactinus audax
LOCATION
Gove County, Kansas
FORMATION
Niobrara Formation
SIZE
3.0" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#113022
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