Xiphactinus audax
(Baby) giant fish
Discovered: July 10, 2012
Smoky Hill Chalk (L. Cretaceous)
Kansas, USA
Length of jaw- 4 cm
Here you can see the only other juvenile Xiphactinus specimen (bottom of the page)- http://oceansofkansas.com/xiphac.html The fish would only have been about 1 ft long in life (.3 meters), while the adults could grow up to 20 ft (6 meters)
This is truly a one of a kind fish!
